Summary
Place of publication:
Mant. 2:458. 1824
Verified:
02/09/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
iwarancusa grass – Karnkusa grass – khavi grass – India
jwarancusa – Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-cheiroso-da-India –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Yemen | Socotra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Andhra Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Arunachal Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Bihar | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Gujarat | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Himachal Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Jammu and Kashmir | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Madhya Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Orissa | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Punjab | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | Baluchistan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | North-West Frontier | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | Punjab | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | Sind | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Yemen [Socotra]
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman, Yemen
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CHINA:
China [Sichuan, Xizang]
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India [Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Nepal, Pakistan [Baluchistan, North-West Frontier, Punjab, Sind]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- |
Materials | essential oils | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
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=12808.
Accessed 6 October 2024.