Summary
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. glumac. 1:268. 1854
Verified:
05/07/1996
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)
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
- Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
- Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
- Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973-
- 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
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
- Lazarides, M. 1997. A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 10:161-162.
- Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
- Migahid, A. M. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 2. 1978
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Shukla, U. Grasses of north-eastern India. 1996
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:187.
- Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
- Zon, A. P. M. van der. Graminées du Cameroun. 1992
Common names
English
elastic 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 | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
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 | 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 | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
Naturalized
()
Other
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
Weed | | | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) |
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=15323.
Accessed 6 October 2024.