Eleusine indica

牛筋草

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.

名彙資訊

特徵描述

典藏標本

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相關資訊

名彙資訊

學名發表文獻

Gaertn. 1788. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: 8. (Fruct. Sem. Pl.)

台灣首次記錄發表文獻

Ohwi. 1941. Acta phytotaxonomica et geobotanica eng 55: 312. (Acta Phytotax. Geobot.)

異名

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. var. oligostachya Honda

Honda. 1927. The Botanical magazine, Tokyo 41: 636. (Bot. Mag. Tokyo)

各語言俗名

中

牛筋草、蟋蟀草、萬斤草、生筋草、千斤草、千人拔、野雞爪、鴨腳草、牛頓草
台

Hî liu chháu、Gû tùn chháu、Bān kun chháu
客

Guái chon tsó、Ngiu gìn tsó
英

Goose grass
日

おひしば

參考文獻

Ciou & Pong. 2008. Illustrations of Hakka ethnobotany of Taiwan 74. (Illustration of Hakka ethnobotany of Taiwan)
Yang. 1982. A list of plants in Taiwan. (List Pl. Taiwan)
W. C. Lin. 2005. Wild flowers of Taiwan - the 1300 species found in the lower elevation. (Wild flowers of Taiwan)
Hui-Chun Hsu. 2007. Plant use knowledge of Hakka ethnobotany in Beipu township, Hsinchu county. Master thesis. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. (Plant use knowledge of Hakka ethnobotany in Beipu township, Hsinchu county.)

特徵描述

生活型

herb

形態特徵

Annuals; culms tufted.
sheaths laterally compressed, keeled; ligule ca. 1mm long.
Inflorescence of 1-several digitate spikes, spikes 3-9 cm long. Spikelets more than 4-flowered, ca. 5 mm long; glumes keeled, membranaceous, lanceolate, 1-nerved, unequal; lower glume 2 mm long; upper glume 3 mm long; lowest floret ca. 3 mm long; lemma membranaceous, keeled, winged, semi-ovate in side view, 1-nerved, as long as floret; palea membranaceous, 2-keeled, shorter than lemma; anthers 3, ca. 0.6 mm long.
Utricle ovate, ca. 1.5 mm long, ventrally grooved, finely marked with comb-like wrinkles.
The root systems of <i>Eleusine indica</i> is deep, extensive, and therefore the plants are not easy to eradicate. This is one of the common grasses throughout Taiwan.

分布

世界 : Tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Taipei, Hsu 128*. Shihmen, Hsu 1259. ILAN: Yuanshan, Kuoh 74. TAOYUAN: Neili, Hsu 1226. MIAOLI: Tahu, Chen 2. TAICHUNG: Fantzuliao, Hsu 4685. CHANGHUA: Yuhbuu, Kuoh et al. 006. NANTOU: Sun Moon. Lake, Hsu 1343. CHIAYI: Chiayi, Wang 20005. YUNLIN: Peikang, Wang 20129. TAINAN: Hsinhua, Hsu 703; Tainan, Hsu 729. PENGHU: Makung, Kuoh 1104. TAlTUNG: Chihpen, Hsu 985; Lanyu Is., Hsu 4954.