Summary
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:322. 1919
Verified:
10/05/2000
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
- Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 2:263.
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
- Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
- Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
- Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
- Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
- Tothill, J. C. & J. B. Hacker. The grasses of Southern Queensland, rev. ed. 1982
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
English
fine thatching grass – hairy-bluegrass – Tambookie grass – Afrikaans
fyntamboekiegras –
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 | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Guinea, Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Queensland]
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | forage | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
| Materials | potential as fiber | | Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 2:263. |
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=19544.
Accessed 26 May 2026.