Summary
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:624. 1920
Verified:
05/26/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Ellis, R. P. 1996. pers. comm.
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
- Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
- Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
- Jacobs, S. W. L. 1999. pers. comm.
- Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
English
Nile grass – Nyl grass –
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 | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
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 | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape]
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zaire
Cultivated
Southern America
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Suriname
Naturalized
Australasia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990 |
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=1363.
Accessed 6 October 2024.