Diplacrum caricinum (English spelling) Diplacrum caricinum

Japanese: Diplacrum caricinum(英語表記)Diplacrumcaricinum
Diplacrum caricinum (English spelling) Diplacrum caricinum

...There are over 200 species of the tropical Diplacrum genus known worldwide, with the highest number in South America and seven in Japan. Diplacrum caricinum R.Br. (illustration) is a plant closely related to the Diplacrum genus, widely distributed in tropical Asia, and occasionally seen in Japan from the Kanto region southward. It is a thin annual plant about 20 cm tall, and is called "kagashira" (mosquito head) because it bears small spikelets shaped like mosquito heads in the leaf axils. ...

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Japanese:

…熱帯中心のシンジュガヤ属は世界に200種余り知られ,南アメリカに最も多く,日本には7種ある。 カガシラDiplacrum caricinum R.Br.(イラスト)はシンジュガヤ属に非常に近縁な植物で,熱帯アジアに広く分布し,日本では関東地方以南に時々見られる。高さ20cmくらいの細い一年草で,カ(蚊)の頭のような形の小さい小穂を葉腋(ようえき)につけるから蚊頭(かがしら)という。…

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