Summary
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:315. 1919
Verified:
10/05/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
common thatching grass – Coolatai grass – South African bluestem – Tambookie grass – thatching grass – Afrikaans
dektamboekiegras –
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 | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde, Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Zambia
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Niger
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Greece, Croatia, Italy
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 |
Animal food | forage | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 |
Environmental | erosion control | | Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 |
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=19546.
Accessed 6 October 2024.