Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 207. 1810
Verified:
04/18/2001
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
- Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
- Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
- Van Den Heuvel, E. & J. F. Veldkamp. 2000. Revision of Hemarthria (Gramineae-Andropogoneae-Rottboelliinae). Blumea 45:454.
Common names
English
whip grass –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Kalimantan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | Kedah | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | Sabah | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Africa | | Africa | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
-
CHINA:
China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan]
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
-
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Iraq
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
-
INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia [Kalimantan], Malaysia [Kedah, Sabah]
Cultivated
Africa
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Australasia
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | forage | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=18850.
Accessed 31 May 2026.