Genus Eleusine (Noun)
Meaning
Annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The genus _Eleusine_ includes annual and perennial grasses typical of savannas and upland grasslands such as _Eleusine indica_.
- Leaf anatomical characteristics of perennial species of the genus _Eleusine_ are adapted to high temperatures.
- _Genus _Eleusine_ species have a wide range of ecological preference.
- Ecotypic variation with grass populations might explain spatial variation in defoliation patterns exhibited by the genus _Eleusine_ species.
- In these disturbed zones, the native perennial grass (most notably species of the genus _Eleusine_) now provides an important cover to hold down soil in arroyos.