Weeds of Thailand

Taxonomy of weed species found in Thailand

Echinochloa crus-galli  

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Diagnostic:

"Annuals. Culms to 80 cm high, robust, erect; nodes glabrous. Leaves 6-34 x 0.3-1.5 cm, rounded at base; sheaths keeled; ligules absent. Panicles 5-18 cm long; racemes 5-12, each 2-5 cm long. Spikelets 3-5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, awned, hispid; awns 1-3 cm long. Lower glume 2-3 x 1.5-2 mm, ovate, cuspidate, 5-nerved. Upper glume 3-5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, 5-nerved. Lower floret male or barren. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma c. 3 x 1.5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, awned, 5-7-nerved, scabrid. Palea 2-3 x 1 mm, elliptic-oblong, 2-keeled. Second lemma 3-4 x 1-2 mm, ovate, acuminate. Palea 2-3 x 1 mm, elliptic-oblong, 2-keeled, 2-nerved. Stamens 3; anthers c. 1 mm long, yellow. Ovary c. 0.5 mm long, oblong; stigma c. 1 mm long, white."

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Phenology:

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Barnyard grass flowering dates for several states are as follows:

Arizona July-Sept [27]
California July-Oct [46]
Colorado Aug-Sept [86]
Florida all year [84]
Illinois Aug-Oct [45]
Montana June-Oct [86]
Nebraska Aug-Sept [61]
North Carolina July-Oct [52]
North Dakota July 15 [65]
South Carolina July-Oct [52]
West Virginia Aug-Oct [67]
Wyoming Aug-Oct [86]
Great Plains June-Sept [16]

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Common Names:

barnyard grass
common barnyard grass

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Brief:

Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb

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Synonym:

Panicum crus-galli L., Sp. Pl. 56. 1753. Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. formosensis Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot.11: 38. 1942; Hsu, Fl. Taiwan 5: 554. 1978. Panicum oryzicola Vasinger, Trudy Prikl. Bot. Selekts. 25(4): 125. 1931. Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. oryzicola (Vasinger) Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 38. 1942; Hsu, Fl. Taiwan 5: 554. 1978. Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. praticola Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 37. 1942; Hsu, Fl. Taiwan 5: 554. 1978.

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Flower/Fruit:

Fl. & Fr. Per.: June-October.

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Taxonomy:

The currently accepted scientific name of barnyard grass is Echinochloa
crus-galli (L.) Beauv. [16,19,45,80]. It is a member of the Poaceae
family. There are two varieties of barnyard grass [1,72]:

E. c. var. crus-galli
E. c. var. oryzicola (Vas) Ohwi

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National Distribution:
Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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General Habitat:

Marshy fields

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Life Expectancy:

Annual.

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