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Chloris
Also called Finger Grass, Windmill Grasses
Chloris is a genus of widespread grasses, commonly called windmill grass or finger grass, mostly found in tropical and subtropical regions, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. Most species stay under 0.5 m tall and are grown mainly as lawn, forage or ornamental grasses rather than as houseplants.
Chloris is a widespread genus of monophyletic grasses belonging to the family Poaceae, known generally as windmill grass or finger grass.
The genus is found worldwide, but especially in the tropical and subtropical regions, and more often in the Southern Hemisphere. The species are variable in morphology, but in general, the plants are less than 0.5 m in height. They bear inflorescences shaped like umbels, with several plumes lined with rows of spikelets. The genus is characterized by the series of sterile florets above the lowest fertile ones, spikes usually 4–10 in numbers (occasionally 1–2), approximated or in a slightly separated series of 10–20 spikes, rarely an indefinite numbers of terminal spikes (then usually up to 50 or rarely more, as seen in Chloris roxburghiana Schultes). In India, 11 species are known to occur in which only two are endemic viz.
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