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Mouretia tonkinensis

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Mouretia tonkinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Mouretia
Species:
M. tonkinensis
Binomial name
Mouretia tonkinensis
Pitard

Mouretia tonkinensis is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Vietnam.

Green in color and slippery to the touch, it was nicknamed les feuilles verts by French settlers to Indo-China. American soldiers serving in the Vietnam War knew it by the less flattering title of "itchygrass".[2]

References

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Sources
  • World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Mouretia tonkinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32829A9733454. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32829A9733454.en.
Notes
  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Mouretia tonkinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32829A9733454. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32829A9733454.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "itchgrass, Rottboellia cochinchinensis N/A Cyperales: Poaceae". Invasive.org. Retrieved 7 November 2017.