Thursday, March 24, 2011

Carpetgrass: Axonopus compressus

Axonopus compressus 2
This carpet grass grow in the backyard.

Common names
English Blanket Grass, Broadleaf Carpet Grass, Broadleaf Carpetgrass, Flat-Joint Carpet Grass, Lawn Grass, Louisiana Grass, Tropical Carpet Grass, American carpet grass, carpet grass, savanna grass, kearsney grass
Fijian Kambutu ni vavalangi
French Buffalo américain
German Teppichgras
Indonesian Jukut pahit, papaitan
Portuguese Pasto-Chato, grama-são-carlos, grama curitibana, grama-sempre-verde, capim-bananal, pasto, grama tapete
Spanish Alfombra, Cañamazo Dulce, Grama Trenza, Zacate Amargo
Scientific Axonopus compressus (Sw.) Beauv.
Synonym Anastrophus compressus (Sw.) Schlecht. ex Doell
Synonym Axonopus compressus var. australis G. A. Black
Synonym Milium compressum Sw.
Synonym Milium compressum Swartz, Prodr. 24. 1788
Synonym Paspalum compressum (Swartz) Raspail (1825), Not Rafinesque (1817)
Synonym P. guadaloupense Steudel.
Synonym Paspalum platycaule Willd. ex Steud.
Synonym Paspalum platycaulon Poir.

Classification of Axonopus compressus (broadleaf carpetgrass)
Natura - nature
Mundus Plinius - physical world
Naturalia - natural bodies
Biota
Domain Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 – eukaryotes, lifeforms with nucletic cells
Kingdom Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - plants
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - green plants
Phylum Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - vascular plants
Subphylum Euphyllophytina
Infraphylum "Radiatopses" Kenrick & Crane, 1997
Class Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843
(unranked) "monocotyledons" (Liliopsida Scopoli, 1760)
(unranked) "commelinids"
Order Poales Small, 1903
Family Poaceae (R. Brown) Barnhart, 1895 - Grass Family
Subfamily Panicoideae link
Tribe Paniceae™
Subtribe Setariinae™
Genus Axonopus Palisot de Beauvois, 1812- carpetgrass
Species Axonopus compressus (O. Swartz) Palisot de Beauvois - broadleaf carpetgrass

References:
  • taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?syn=1
  • www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id196665/
  • zipcodezoo.com/Plants/A/Axonopus_compressus/
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axonopus_compressus
  • plantamor.com/index.php?plant=167
Axonopus compressus
Camera: Sony Ericsson K800i
Location: Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia

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