Summary
Place of publication:
Linnaea 31:747, 420. 1863
Verified:
02/28/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
- Burger, W. C., ed. Flora costaricensis. 1971-
- Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
- León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
- Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
- Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:277.
Common names
English
crane grass – turkey grass – Spanish
zacate blanco –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
Native
Northern America
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
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=20574.
Accessed 6 October 2024.