Hemarthria altissima explained

Hemarthria altissima, variously called limpo grass, limpograss, halt grass, Batavian quick grass, swamp couch grass, red swamp grass and red vleigrass, is a species of flowering plant in the jointgrass genus Hemarthria, family Poaceae.^[1] It is native to the Old World Tropics and Subtropics; Africa, Southern Europe, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, eastern China, and Borneo, and widely introduced as a forage in the New World, from Texas and Florida south to northern Argentina.^[2] In addition to being a valued forage for livestock, it makes a good, fragrant silage.^[2] A number of cultivars are commercially available.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. . . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 5 July 2021 .
2. Web site: Limpo grass (Hemarthria altissima) . Heuzé . V. . Tran . G. . Eugène . M. . Lebas . 15 July 2015 . Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System . Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO . 5 July 2021 .
3. Reference gene selection for real-time quantitative PCR normalization in Hemarthria compressa and Hemarthria altissima leaf tissue . 2019 . Lin . Yao . Zhang . Ailing . Yang . Shengting . Huang . Linkai . Molecular Biology Reports . 46 . 5 . 4763–4769 . 10.1007/s11033-019-04922-4 . 31228043 . 195246694 .