Imperata cylindrica - Lalang - Biodiversity of Singapore

Taxonomic tree

Kingdom Plantae 2414 Phylum Tracheophyta 2407 Subphylum Angiospermae 2272 Class Liliopsida 482 Order Poales 93 Family Poaceae 53 Subfamily Panicoideae 38 Tribe Andropogoneae 13 Genus Imperata 1

Imperata cylindrica

Unsure

Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch. Species

Lalang

Indeterminate origin, herb species. Cryptogenic weed, cultivated.

Other common names

Alang-alang en, Blady Grass en, Cogon Grass en, Japgrass en, Satintail en, Speargrass en, American Grass en, Bedding Grass en, Cotton Wool Grass en, Japanese Blood Grass en, Ramsammy Grass en, Riverfarm Grass en, Silver Spike en, Susenke en, Bai Mao zh, Cogon en, Imperata en, Kunai Grass en, Kura-kura en, Lalang ms, Lalang Grass en, Sword Grass en, Thatch Grass en, 大白茅 zh, 白茅 zh, 丝茅 zh.

Distribution

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United States, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.