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Eleusine indica

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Kingdom:	Plantae
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Tribe:	Eragrostideae
Genus:	Eleusine
Species:	E. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Poales is an order of Flowering plants in the Monocotyledons and includes families of plants such as the grasses, Bromeliads, Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Eleusine is a genus of grasses sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. indica

Binomial name

Eleusine indica
(L.) Gaertn.

Eleusine indica (Indian goosegrass, Wiregrass, Crowfootgrass) is an invasive species in the grass family Poaceae. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Joseph Gaertner ( March 12, 1732, near Calw - July 14, 1791, Tübingen; in German Joseph Gärtner) was a Introduced species|Weed Invasive species is a phrase with several definitions Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. It is a perennial plant of disturbed places, and its distribution is cosmopolitan in warm regions. It is very persistent.

External links

USDA Plants Profile: Eleusine indica

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