Summary
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907:213. 1907
Verified:
04/05/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
- Ellis, R. P. 1997. pers. comm.
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- 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
- Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
- Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- Zon, A. P. M. van der. Graminées du Cameroun. 1992
Common names
English
Abyssinian finger grass – African couch 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 | Chad | | |
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 | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
Naturalized
Northern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- |
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=13989.
Accessed 6 October 2024.