Chloris flagellifera


Chloris flagellifera is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native from Morocco in North Africa through the Arabian Peninsula to northwestern India.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Christian Nees in 1842 as Eleusine flagellifera. It was transferred to the genus Chloris in 2015. It has a number of other synonyms in the genus Eleusine, including Eleusine caespitosa and Eleusine compressa. It has also been placed in the genus Ochthochloa, which is now considered a synonym of Chloris.