Summary
Place of publication:
Révis. gramin. 1:293, t. 58. 1830 (1:89. 1829, nom. nud.)
Verified:
05/06/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Abyssinian Rhodes grass – Rhodes grass – French
chloris – herbe de Rhodes – German
Rhodasgras – Italian
erba di Rhodes – Portuguese
capim-de-Rhodes – Spanish
grama de Rodas – pasto de Rodas – Transcribed Chinese
fei zhou hu wei cao –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Parana | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mali, Niger, Senegal
Cultivated
Africa
-
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Georgia
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
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MALESIA:
Philippines
Australasia
Northern America
Pacific
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Uruguay
Naturalized
Australasia
Europe
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
Northern America
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REGION:
Mexico
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Parana, Rio Grande do Sul]
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Peru
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:90. |
Animal food | forage | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:90. |
Environmental | erosion control | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10260.
Accessed 20 September 2024.