Talk:Imperata cylindrica

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Can someone with more knowledge sort out the taxonomical details of this plant, please? Although I have merged the two articles Kunai grass and Cogon grass, it does look somewhat untidy with respect of its taxonomy. I would appreciate it. Dieter Simon 01:25, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Hello

I removed this section from the page:

In Southeast Asia, the roots of the plant are used cosmetically/medicinally to -- all right, I can't remember what they're supposed to be good for, someone else please fill this in. It can also be used as an insecticide. it can kill a house fly.research in cogon grass as a insecticides is done by the researches of uplb.

... since it admits at a meta-level that it is incomplete. The discussion page is for discussion. (I don't have the expertise to fix it, but a complete "Uses" section would be great!) Brighterorange 13:53, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Yes, Brighterorange, good thinking. I will scout round for a bit more info re uses, for the time being leave it in Talk. What we really need is the complete classification/taxonomy details. Many thanks. Dieter Simon 21:57, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

From:Pedro Guevara Memorial National High School

    Special Science Class
    Batch 2005-2006
    Research work about "Using cogon grass as root extract"

Thank you, are you at liberty to link this reference into the article so that we may read what the research and its results are all about? Maybe an "external link", or even write it up in the 'cogon grass' Wiki article itself? Dieter Simon 22:24, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

This article doesn't mention that it is listed by the US as a noxious weed (which means it cannot be distributed) and apparently often referred to as one of the top ten invasive weeds of the world (sorry I don't have any sources for this statement). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saywhat1978 (talk • contribs) 20:31, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

It does state that already: "deliberate propagation is prohibited by some authorities"Ethel Aardvark (talk) 07:28, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Article edits and contributions

Hi everybody!

I added a citation at the beginning since it was missing one. Also I added some information under "weed control" with 3 citations and 3 hyperlinks. Could somebody review this for me and give me feedback? Thanks. Also, I felt that the "cultivation and uses" section had sources that may need to be looked at, but I wasn't sure. Other than that, the article was great!

sincerely, Ntayl23 (talk) 01:26, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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Native and invasive range contradiction

The top paragraph puts it as a native in Africa, Europe, Micronesia, and Melanesia. But a later section says it's invasive in Africa, Europe, and "many islands". This is vague and self-contradictory; it needs to be fixed. ~ 2601:441:4400:1740:C17B:8B4A:61BE:72BA (talk) 23:03, 19 September 2020 (UTC)