Summary
Place of publication:
Observ. bot. 6:26 ("36"). 1791
Verified:
12/08/1997
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
- 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).
- Holttum, R. E. et al. A revised flora of Malaya. 1953-1971
- Koyama, T. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. 1987
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Shukla, U. Grasses of north-eastern India. 1996
- Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
- 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:142-144.
- Veldkamp, J. F. 1991. Miscellaneous notes on Southeast Asian Gramineae. VI. Blumea 36:180-181.
Common names
English
batiki-bluegrass – Indian murainagrass – smut grass –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
-
CHINA:
China
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
-
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
-
MALESIA:
Malaysia
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | forage | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:142-144. |
| Environmental | erosion control | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:142-144. |
| Environmental | lawn/turf | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:142-144. |
| Weed | | | Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991 |
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=20473.
Accessed 26 May 2026.