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Accession Data:

Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus' (L.)Beauvois

  • Common Name: Basket Grass
  • Family: Poaceae Barnh.

  • Country of Origin: widely distributed in tropics

  • USDA Zone: 10-12

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500812
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1209 - AUS:Ground Bed 1 SE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 12-31-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Poaceae
  • SubFamily: Panicoideae
  • Tribe: Paniceae
  • SubTribe: Boivinellinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009

References (internal):

  • Type Species
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Canary Is. / Cape Verde / Madeira / Benin / Burkina / Gambia, The / Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Mali / Nigeria / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Togo / Burundi / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Congo / Equatorial Guinea / Gabon / Gulf of Guinea Is. / Rwanda / Zaire / Eritrea / Ethiopia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Botswana / Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces / Mauritius / Madagascar / Reunion / Rodrigues / Yemen / China South-Central / China Southeast / Nansei-shoto / Taiwan / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Jawa / Maluku / Philippines / Sulawesi / Bismarck Archipelago / New Guinea / Solomon Is. / Norfolk Is. / New South Wales / Northern Territory / Queensland / Victoria / Western Australia / Kermadec Is. / New Zealand North / New Zealand South / Fiji / Niue / New Caledonia / Samoa / Tonga / Vanuatu / Cook Is. / Marquesas / Pitcairn Is. / Society Is. / Tubuai Is. / Caroline Is. / Marianas / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexican Pacific Is. / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Bahamas / Bermuda / Cayman Is. / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Trinidad-Tobago / Venezuelan Antilles / Windward Is. / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Galapagos / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Paraguay / Uruguay

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2014.
  2. Oplismenus hirtellus at Wikispecies. Accessed 29 July 2015.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 21 September 2015.

data regenerated on Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:30:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Oplismenus hirtellus 'Variegatus'

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Subfamily Panicoideae
Tribe Paniceae

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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