Oplismenus compositus




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subamily Panicoideae
Tribe Paniceae
Scientific name Oplismenus compositus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois
Synonyms Oplismenus compositus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. compositus; Panicum compositum L.
Common name (Japanese common name) edauchi-chidimi-zasa (エダウチチヂミザサ, 枝打縮笹 [meaning: branched crepe bamboograss])
(English common name) armgrass, running mountaingrass
Distribution (Japan) Idzu Island, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Polynesia, Australia, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Oman, Yemen, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, USA (Hawaii), Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Habitat Forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=54, 72
Description Plants 20-80cm tall. Leaves 3-8cm long, 0.8-1.4cm wide. Flowers inflorescences ca. 5-25cm long, flowering in all seasons. Perennial plants.
Reference Oplismenus compositus (L.) P. Beauv.
Oplismenus compositus (Linnaeus) P. Beauvois
A method for the high expression of immunoglobulin in plants (WIPO Patent WO/2006/066340)
Infection resistant plants and methods for their generation (WIPO Patent WO/2006/032087)



July 2008
at Ishigaki Island
July 2008
at Ishigaki Island