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Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth

Synonyms

Bromus polystachios, Bromus polystachyus, Centotheca malabarica, Digitaria malabarica, Diplachne alba, Diplachne amboensis, Diplachne capensis, Diplachne fusca, Diplachne indica, Diplachne livida, Diplachne malabarica, Diplachne pallida, Diplachne parviflora, Diplachne reptatrix, Diplachne wahlbergii, Eragrostis procera, Festuca brownii, Festuca fusca, Festuca indica, Festuca reptatrix, Hemigymnia malabarica, Leptochloa contracta, Leptochloa ginae, Leptochloa malabarica, Leptochloa neuroglossa, Ottochloa malabarica, Panicum malabaricum, Poa contracta, Poa fusca, Poa malabarica, Poa procera, Poa senegalensis, Syntherisma malabarica, Tridens capensis, Tridens indicus, Triodia ambigua, Triodia capensis, Triodia formosana, Triodia livida, Triodia parviflora, Uralepis alba, Uralepis capensis, Uralepis drummondii, Uralepis fusca, Uralepis livida

Common names

Brown beetle-grass, Malabar sprangletop

Inflorescence of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) taken from area of lagoons north from entrance of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, December 18, 2015
LinkInflorescence of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) taken from area of lagoons north from entrance of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, December 18, 2015
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Qatar
Close up of inflorescence of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) taken from area of lagoons north from entrance of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, December 18, 2015
LinkClose up of inflorescence of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) taken from area of lagoons north from entrance of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, December 18, 2015
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Qatar
Inflorescence of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
LinkInflorescence of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Qatar
Panicles of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
LinkPanicles of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Qatar
Terminal inflorescence of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
LinkTerminal inflorescence of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Qatar
Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in shallow water in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, January 23, 2016
LinkMalabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in shallow water in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, January 23, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Qatar
Spikelet of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in wet place in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, January 23, 2016
LinkSpikelet of Malabar sprangletop (brown beetle-grass, Leptochloa fusca) in wet place in a roadside depression east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, January 23, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Qatar

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Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.