Enteropogon dolichostachyus(Lag.) Keng

longstalk umbrellagrass

WFO wfo-0000867184 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Enteropogon dolichostachyus, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2021-11-04 / obs. 176671310
Enteropogon dolichostachyus, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176671299
Enteropogon dolichostachyus, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176671304
Enteropogon dolichostachyus, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176671306
Enteropogon dolichostachyus, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176671301

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Enteropogon dolichostachyus is native: Afghanistan, China South-Central, Hainan, Oman, Taiwan, Yemen, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, Caroline Is. AfghanistanChina South-CentralHainanOmanTaiwanYemenAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia Andaman Is.Caroline Is.
Native distribution of Enteropogon dolichostachyus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
Hainan CHH
Oman OMA
Taiwan TAI
Yemen YEM
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chloris digitata (Roxb.) Steud.
  • Chloris dolichostachya Lag.
  • Chloris incompleta Roth
  • Chloris mearnsii Merr.
  • Chloris medinipurensis D.K.Dey, Pati & D.C.Pal
  • Chloris panicea Willd.
  • Chloris radiata B.Heyne ex Roth
  • Chloris roxburghii Edgew.
  • Chloris tetrameris Trin.
  • Ctenium digitatum (Roxb.) Spreng.
  • Cynodon elongatus Trin.
  • Digitaria elongata (Trin.) Spreng.
  • Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng ex Lazarides
  • Gymnopogon digitatus Nees ex Steud.
  • Gymnopogon elongatus Nees ex Steud.
  • Lophacme incompleta (Roth) Chiov.
  • Melica digitata Roxb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol ENDO. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.