Summary
Place of publication:
Enum. pl. 1:91. 1809
Verified:
07/18/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
- Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- Kamal-Uddin, M. et al. 2009. Floristic composition of weed community in turf grass area of West Peninsular Malaysia. Int. J. Agric. Biol. 11:13-20.
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007
- Veldkamp, J. F. 1973. Notes on Malesian grasses: VI. A revision of Digitaria Haller (Gramineae) in Malesia. Blumea 21:44-46.
- Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm.
Common names
English
blue couch –
blue couch grass –
blue serangoon grass –
blue stargrass –
green serangoon grass –
Queensland blue couch –
Distribution
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| Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
|---|
| Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
| Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
| Cultivated | | | | | |
| Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
| Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
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Native
Africa
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Australasia
Southern America
Economic Uses
Showing 1 to 1 of 1 entries
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
|---|
| Environmental | lawn/turf | | Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960 |
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=14009.
Accessed 15 March 2025.