MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting  Echinochloa  Names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

 

Echinochloa caudata Roshev.

SYNONYM(S) : Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. caudata (Roshev.) Kitag.

CHINESE : Chang mang bai, Chang wang bai, Chang wang ye bai, Han bai.

ENGLISH : Long-awned barnyard grass.

JAPANESE : Ke inubie.

Echinochloa colona (L.) Link

SYNONYM(S) :  Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. subsp. colona (L.) Honda,   Panicum colonum L., Panicum crusgalli subsp. colonum (L.) Makino & Nemoto, Panicum crusgalli subsp. colona (L.) Makino & Nemoto, Panicum crusgalli var. colonum (L.) Fiori

ARABIC :  Abu rokba, Abu rukbah, Bashaft, Difra (Sudan), Diffré (?).

BURMESE : Myet thi, Pazun sa myet.

CHINESE : Guang tou bai, Guang tou bai zi (medicinal name), Can cao, Wang bai, Wang ji.

DANISH :  Spinkel hanespore.

DUTCH : Zuidelijke hanepoot.

ENGLISH : Jungle ricegrass, Jungle-rice, Millet-rice, Corn panic-grass, Deccan grass, Southern cockspur (UK), Awnless barnyard grass (Aust.).

FINNISH :  Kukonhirssi.

FRENCH : Blé du Dekkan, Pied de coq méridional.

GERMAN : Dekkangras, Schamahirse, Südliche Hühnerhirse.

HEBREW :  Dochaneet hashaleen.

HINDI : Jangli jhangora, Jharwa, Jirio,  शामा   Shama (śāmā),  श्यामाक  (śyāmāk).

ITALIAN : Panico porporino, Giavone meridionale.

JAPANESE :   コヒメビ エ   Ko hime bie, ワセビエ Wase bie.

KANNADA :  Kaadu haaraka, Kaadu haaraka hull.

LAOTIAN : Khauz nôk.

MALAY : Padi burong, Padi burong (Indonesia), Rumput kekusa , Rumput kusa-kusa (Indonesia) , Rumput bébék (Indonesia), Rumput kekuasa kecil, Tuton (Indonesia), Watuton (Java).

MARATHI :  Borur, Jiria, Pacushama, Sawank,   श्यामाक  (śyāmāka).

NEPALESE :   सामा  Saamaa, Saamaa ghans.

PORTUGUESE : Capim-arroz, Capim da colonia, Capim-colônia, Capim-coloninho, Capim-jaú, Jervâo

PUNJABI :  ਸਮਾਕ  Samāk, ਸਾਮਕ  Sāmak, ਸਮਾਕੀ  Samāki, ਸਮਾਕ  Savāk, ਸਵਾਂਕ  Savãk, ਸਾਂਵਕ  Sãvak , ਸੁਆਂਕ  Suãk, ਸਾਉਂਕ Sāũk, ਸਉਂਕ Saũk.

RUSSIAN :  Куриное просо  Kurinoe proso.

SPANISH : Arrocillo, Grama pintado (Argentina), Hualcacho (Chile), Liendre de puerco (Colombia), Paja de apto (Colombia), Pata de gallina, Pasto colorado (Argentina), Pasto del arroz, Pierna de gallo meridonal.

SUNDANESE : Jajagoan leutik.

SWEDISH : Kycklinghirs.

TAGALOG : Pulang puwit.

TAMIL :  சாமை Cāmai.

TELUGU :  చామ  Cāma (ṭsāma), Othagaddi .

THAI :  หญ้าปล้อง  Yaa bplong,  หญ้านกเขา  Yaa nok khao, Ya nok sichom phu.

TURKISH : Tavshéan otu.

VIETNAMESE : (should long be lông ?, is vuc OK ?).

VISAYAN : Guinga.

Photographs from University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Pest Management guides. (don't be misled by the composite images, there are several large size high quality photos behind each). There is also a link to a line drawing for botanical details.

Echinochloa colona (L.) Link var. frumentacea (Roxb.) Ridley -> Echinochloa frumentacea (Roxb.) Link

 

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv.

SYNONYM(S) : Panicum crus-galli L., Panicum crus-galli L. var. mite Pursh, Pennisetum crusgalli (L.) Baumg.

ARABIC : Dhunaybah, Dinêbâ.

BURMESE : Myet ihi.

CHINESE : Bai, Shui bai, Shui bai cao, Bai cao, Ye can zi, Bai (medicinal name).

CZECH :  Ježatka kurí noha.

DANISH : Almindelig Hanespore, Hanespore.

DUTCH :  Barnyard gierst, Hanepoot .

ENGLISH : Barnyard grass (USA), Barnyard millet (Aust.), Cocksfoot (Aust.), Cockspur (UK), Cock's foot, Prickly grass, Cockspur grass.

ESTONIAN : Tähk-kukehirss.

FINNISH : Kananhirssi .

FRENCH : Panic pied de coq, Pied de coq, Échinochloa pied-de-coq (Canada, Switzerland).

GERMAN : Huehnerhirse, Hühnerhirse.

HINDI : Sanwak, Samaw (?), Samak (?).

ITALIAN : Giavone, Giavone comune (Switzerland), Pabbio, Panico bastardo, Panico selvatico, Panicastrella (Switzerland), Zampa di gallo, Panicastrella di palude, Panicastrella d'acqua, Panico di risai.

JAPANESE :   イヌビエ   Inu bie, No bie, Hie, ケ イヌビエ.

KHMER : Smao bek kbol.

KOREAN :  피 Pi.

MALAY : Padi burong, Padi burung (Indonesia), Rumput kekusa besar, Rumput sambau, Jawan (Java).

NEPALESE : Tunde saamaa, Saamaa.

NORWEGIAN :  Hønsehirse..

POLISH : Chwastnica jednostronna.

PORTUGUESE :  Capim-arroz.

RUSSIAN :    Ежовник обыкновенный   Ezhovnik obyknovennyi,  Куриное просо  Kurinoe proso, Петушье просо.

SERBIAN :  Veliki muhar.

SPANISH : Pata de gallo, Zacate de agua, Pie de gallina, Capín arroz (Argentina), Mijo de los arrozales.

SUNDANESE : Jajagoan, Gagajahan.

SWEDISH : Hönshirs.

TAGALOG : Bayokibok.

TAMIL :  சாமை Cāmai,  வரகு  Varaku.

TELUGU :  చామ  Sāma (cāma, ṭsāma).

THAI :  หญ้าข้าวนก  Yaa kaao nok , Ya plonglaman.

TURKISH : Pirinc otu, Dineba.

VIETNAMESE :   Cỏ lồng vực. 

 

Photographs from Crop-Net Crop Protection Website < http://crop-net.com/weeds.htm > < http://www.css.msu.edu/css402/barnyardgrass/barnyardgrass.htm >

Photograph from Rutgers Cooperative Extension Service, Cook College New Brunswick, USA < http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/weeddocuments/barnyard.htm >

Photographs from University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Pest Management guides. (don't be fooled by the composite images, there are several large size high quality photos behind each). There is also a link to a line drawing for botanical details. < http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/barnyardgrass.html >

Photographs and description (in French) from Centre ARICO, Direction des Services Technologiques MAPAQ, Québec, Canada. Fiches Descriptives des Mauvaises Herbes du Québec (Extracts from the Guide d'Identification des Mauvaises Herbes du Québec). < http://www.agr.gouv.qc.ca/dgpar/arico/p160-1.htm >

 

 

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. subsp. hispidula (Retz.) Honda

SYNONYM(S) : Echinochloa hispidula (Retz.) Nees, Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. hispidula (Retz.) Honda, Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. hispidula (Retz.) Keng, Panicum hispidulum Retz.

CHINESE : Han bai, Shui tian bai.

ENGLISH : Bristly barnyard grass.

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. crus-galli 

KOREAN :  돌피.

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. erusgalli Ohwi

CHINESE : Yeh pi.

JAPANESE : Inu bie ?

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. formosensis Ohwi

ENGLISH : Taiwan barnyard grass.

FRENCH : Échinochloa de Formose.

JAPANESE :   ヒメタイヌビエ   Himeta inubie.

 

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. mitis (Pursh) Peterm.

SYNONYM(S) : Panicum crus-galli L. var. mitis Pursh., Echinochloa occidentalis (Wiegand) Rydberg

CHINESE : Wu mang bai, Wu wang bai, Luo di bai.

ENGLISH : Awnless barnyard grass.

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. oryzicola (Vasinger) Ohwi -> Echinochloa phyllopogon (Stapf) Kos.- Pol.

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. praticola Ohwi

JAPANESE :    ヒメイヌビエ   Hime inubie.

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. zeylayensis (Kunth) Hitchc.

SYNONYM(S) : Oplismenus zeylayensis Kunth

CHINESE : Xi lai bai.

 

Echinochloa crus-pavonis (Kunth) Schult.

SYNONYM(S) : Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. crus-pavonis (Kunth) Hitchc., Oplismenus crus-pavonis H.B.K., Oplismenus crus-pavonis Kunth

CHINESE : Kong que bai.

ENGLISH : South-American barnyard grass, Gulf cockspur, Gulf barnyard grass.

Echinochloa elliptica P.W. Michael & Vichery

Data needed

Echinochloa esculenta (A. Braun) H. Scholz

SYNONYM(S) :  Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) P. Beauv. subsp. edulis (Hitchc.) Honda p.p., Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. utilis (Ohwi & Yabuno) Kitam., Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. edulis auct. p.p., Echinochloa frumentacea auct., non Link, Echinochloa frumentacea auct. subsp. utilis (Ohwi & Yabuno) Tzvelev, Echinochloa utilis Ohwi & Yabuno, Panicum esculentum A. Braun

DANISH : Japanhirse.

DUTCH : Japanse gierst.

ENGLISH :  Japanese barnyard millet, Japanese millet.

FINNISH : Japaninhirssi .

FRENCH :  Millet du Japon, Millet japonais.

GERMAN :  Japanische Hirse.

ITALIAN : Miglio giapponese.

JAPANESE :  ヒエ  Hie.

KOREAN :  피  (as E. utilis).

RUSSIAN :  Ежовник культивируемый  Ežovnik kul'tiviruemyj,  Японское просо  Japonskoe proso.

SPANISH : Mijo japonés.

SWEDISH : Japansk hönshirs.

VIETNAMESE :.


Clearly there are some confusing names under both E. esculenta and E. frumentacea which may be in fact synonyms anyway, although some authors (ie. (Tomosaburo Yabuno) clearly distinguish two taxa within this mix: Japanese barnyard millet - Echinochloa utilis Ohwi & Yabuno, and Indian barnyard millet - Echinochloa frumentacea (Roxb.) Link


Echinochloa frumentacea (Roxb.) Link

SYNONYM(S) :   Echinochloa colona (L.) Link var. frumentacea Blatter, Echinochloa colonum L. var. frumentacea Ridley, Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. edulis Honda, Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. frumentacea (Link) Trimen, Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. frumentacea (Link) W. Wight, Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. frumentacea (Roxb.) W. Wight., Panicum crus-galli L. var. edule (Hitchc.) Thell., Panicum crus-galli L. var. frumentaceum Trim., Panicum frumentaceum Roxb., non Salisb., Paspalum frumentaceum Roxb., non Salisb.

BENGALI :  Shamula, Sanwa, Syama dhan.

 CHINESE : Hu nan ji zi, Can zi (medicinal name).

DANISH :  Hvid Hirse.

DUTCH :  Miljard-dollar gras, Witte gierst.

ENGLISH : Billion dollar grass (USA),  Indian barnyard millet , Shama millet, Sawa millet, Cockspur grass, White millet, White panicum, Siberian millet (Aust.).

ESTONIAN : Söödav kukehirss.

FINNISH : Japaninhirssi .

FRENCH : Pied de coq cultivé.

GERMAN :  Schamahirse, Sawahirse, Weizenhirse.

GUJARATI :  Samo, Samo ghas.

HINDI :   मादिरा   Maadir,  सामा  Saamaa ( Sāmā), सामक   Sāmak, Sanwa, Sawa, Shama, Shamula, श्यामाक   Shyaamaak  (śyāmāk), Shyama, Shyamaka.

ITALIAN : Miglio bianco.

JAPANESE : Hie, イ ンドビエ   Indo bie, シ ロビエ  Shiro bie,  シロヒ エ Shiro hie,   食用ｼﾛﾋｴ Shokuyou shiro hie,  しょくよう シロヒ エ  Shokuyou shiro hie.

KANNADA :  Baraga, Baragu, Samai, Savai.

MALAYALAM :  Varagu, Varaku, Varige.

MARATHI :  Janglisama, Samul.

PUNJABI :  Bharti, Sawank, Sanwak.

RUSSIAN :  Пайза Payza, Дикое просо, Ежовник хлебный Ežovnik khlebnyj  Хлебный ежовник Khlebnyj ezhovnik.

SANSKRIT :  श्रामाक   Shiaamaaka (śyāmāka), Shyama, Shyamaka.

SPANISH :  Mijo blanco, Mijo de Gujarat, Mijo indio, Mijo sawa.

SWEDISH : Blek hönshirs.

TAMIL :  Kudraivali pillu,    வரகு Varaku.

TELUGU :   బొంతచామలు Bontacāmalu (Bonta chamalu), Bonta shama, Oddalu.

VIETNAMESE : .

 
Clearly there are some confusing names under both E. esculenta and E. frumentacea which may be in fact synonyms anyway, although some authors (ie. (Tomosaburo Yabuno) clearly distinguish two taxa within this mix: Japanese barnyard millet - Echinochloa utilis Ohwi & Yabuno, and Indian barnyard millet - Echinochloa frumentacea (Roxb.) Link

Any common name referring to Japan is missplaced here. Some authors wrongly apply them to this taxon.

Echinochloa macrocarpa Vasinger

FRENCH : Pied de coq cultivé du Caucase, Pied de coq caucasien.

RUSSIAN :  Ежовник крупноплодный   Ezhovnik krupnoplodnyi.

Echinochloa muricata (P. Beauv.) Fernald

CHINESE : Cu bai.

ENGLISH : Rough barnyard grass, Muricate barnyard-grass.

FRENCH : Échinochloa muriqué.

SWEDISH : Amerikansk hönshirs.

 

Echinochloa muricata (P. Beauv.) Fernald subsp. microstachya (Wiegand) Rydberg

SYNONYM(S) : Echinochloa microstachya (Wiegand) Rydb., Echinochloa muricata (P. Beauv.) Fern. var. microstachya Wiegand

CHINESE : Xiao sui bai.

ENGLISH : Prickly barnyard grass.

Echinochloa muricata (P. Beauv.) Fernald subsp. muricata

SYNONYM(S) :

Echinochloa oryzoides (Ard.) Fritsch

SYNONYM(S) : Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. hostii (M. Bieb.) A. Chev., Panicum hostii M. Bieb., Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. hostii (M. Bieb.) Podp., Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. subsp. hostii (M. Bieb.) K. Richter, Echinochloa hostii (M. Bieb.) Link

DUTCH : Grote hanepoot, Vroeg watergras.

ENGLISH : Asian paddy weed, Large cockspur (UK), Hairy millet (Aust.)

FRENCH : Mil des rizières, Pied de coq grand.

GERMAN : Grosse Hühnerhirse.

ITALIAN : Giavone maggiore.

KOREAN :  논피.

RUSSIAN :  Ежовник рисовидный  Ezhovnik risovidnyi.

SPANISH : Pasto del arroz, Mijo de los arrozales, Pierna de gallo mayor.

Echinochloa phyllopogon (Stapf) Kos.- Pol.

SYNONYM(S) : Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. oryzicola (Vasinger) Ohwi, Echinochloa oryzicola (Ard.) Fritsch, Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. subsp. oryzicola (Vasing) T. Koyama, Echinochloa oryzicola (Vasing.) Vasing.

CHINESE : Dao tian bai.

ENGLISH : Paddy barnyard grass.

JAPANESE :  タ イヌビエ   Ta inubie.

KOREAN :  물피.

RUSSIAN :  Ежовник рисовый   Ezhovnik risovyi.

 

Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth.) Hitchc.

SYNONYM(S) : Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth.) Roberty, Panicum polystachyum (Kunth) Engl., Panicum polystachyum (Kunth) K. Schum.

ENGLISH : Data needed -> check in Med. library.

Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc.

SYNONYM(S) : Panicum pyramidalis Lam.

Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P.Beauv.

SYNONYM(S) : Panicum stagninum Retz.

BENGALI : Dul.

ENGLISH : Creeping paddy weed, Burgu grass, Bourgu, Hippo grass, Long-awn water grass.

FRENCH : Pied de coq du Niger, Bourgou, Borgou.

MALAY : Rumput kumpai (Indonesia).

VIETNAMESE : .

Echinochloa telmatophila P.W. Michael & Vichery

ENGLISH : Swamp barnyard grass (Aust.).


Echinochloa utilis Ohwi & Yabuno

ENGLISH :  Japanese barnyard millet.

Echinochloa walteri (Pursh.) A. Heller

SYNONYM(S) : Panicum hispidum Muhl., Panicum hispidum G. Forst., Panicum walteri Pursh, Oplismenus hispidus A.W. Wood, Echinochloa crusgalli var. hispida Farw.

FRENCH : Echinochloa de Walter.

 

 

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)

Hô Pham-hoang, 1993, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam. Vol. III, Number 2. Montréal, Canada.

Kerguélen Michel , 1999, Index Synonymique de la Flore de France, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA). < http://www.inra.fr/Internet/Centres/Dijon/malherbo/fdf/ea-eq.htm >.

Lazarides M., Cowley K. & Hohnen P. 1997, CSIRO Handbook of Australian Weeds, Australian National Herbarium, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Takashi Enomoto, 2000, Wild Plants of Japan. Research Institute for Bio-Resources, Okayama University, Japan. < http://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/wild/zassou/hyou.htm >

Unidentified , 1996, Plants of Malaysia. < http://www.lib.usm.my/elecbook/rumpai/lampiran.html >.

USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?echinochloa (21 August 2000). (A number of languages, some romanised, Latin with authority names)

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

W3TROPICOS, 2000, Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database and associated authority files. < http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/tropicos/Poa/Echinochloa.html >.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

Yabuno, Tomosaburo, 1987, Japanese barnyard millet (Echinochloa utilis , poaceae) in Japan. Economic Botany  - Volume 41, Number 4, 484-493, DOI: 10.1007/BF02908141 - 1987-10-01 - Springer New York - 0013-0001 - Life Sciences < http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02908141  >.

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.

RESOURCES

 

Centre ARICO, Direction des Services Technologiques MAPAQ, Québec, Canada. Fiches Descriptives des Mauvaises Herbes du Québec (Extracts from the Guide d'Identification des Mauvaises Herbes du Québec). French and Botanical Indexes. Excellent colour photos. < http://www.agr.gouv.qc.ca/dgpar/arico/index3.htm >

NOTES

Which group do these Indian cultivars belong to : 'Anurag', 'Banti', 'Gujarat', 'Madira' ?

 

 

 

 

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