Summary
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:304. 1919
Verified:
10/05/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
- Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
- Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 2:266-267.
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
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- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
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- Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
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Common names
English
giant thatching grass – jaragua grass – Afrikaans
geelaartamboekiegras – German
braunes Deckgras – Jaraguagras – Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-jaraguá – jaraguá – Spanish
yaragua –
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 | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mauritania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | | South America | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | | South America | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Cultivated
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
Northern America
Pacific
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Southern America
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REGION:
South America
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
Naturalized
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius
Asia-Tropical
Northern America
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Southern America
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REGION:
South America
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
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=19550.
Accessed 6 October 2024.