EPPO Global Database

Desmostachya bipinnata(DETBI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DETBI
  • Preferred name: Desmostachya bipinnata
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Stapf

Notes

Southern Mediterranean, Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh; Indochina, China (Hainan), Mauretania to Somalia to Tanzania. Introduced in Malesia (Lesser Sunda islands) 


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Desmostachya cynosuroides (Retzius) Massey
Eragrostis bipinnata (Linnaeus) Muschler
Eragrostis cynosuroides (Retzius) Palisot de Beauvois
Leptochloa bipinnata (Linnaeus) Hochstetter
Stapfiola bipinnata (Linnaeus) Kuntze

Common names
Name Language
chilaf hacholot Hebrew
חִילַף הַחוֹלוֹת Hebrew