Summary
Place of publication:
Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8:41. 1903, nom. cons. prop.
Comment:
proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) against the heterotypic synonym (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.4) P. longistylum Hochst., nom. rej. prop.
Verified:
01/17/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581. 1996
- Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
- Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. 1961-
- Applequist, W. L. 2014. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 66. Taxon 63:1368-1369.
- Ataroff, M. & M. E. Naranjo. 2009. Interception of water by pastures of Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov. and Melinis minutiflora Beauv. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 149:1616-1620.
- Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
- Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
- Chemisquy, M. A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106:127.
- CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
- Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. Assessment and management of plant invasions. 1997 255-267.
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
- Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
- Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
- 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).
- Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
- Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
- Gutiérrez, H. F. 2014. (2259) Proposal to conserve the name Pennisetum clandestinum (Cenchrus clandestinus) against P. longistylum (Poaceae). Taxon 63:189-190.
- Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
- Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001
- Herrera-Arrieta, Y. Las Gramíneus de Durango. 2001
- Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
- Hokche, O. et al. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola. 2008
- Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
- Holttum, R. E. et al. A revised flora of Malaya. 1953-1971
- Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
- Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
- Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
- Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
- Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
- Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2. 2000
- Marais, J. P. 2001. Factors affecting the nutritive value of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) - A review. Trop. Grasslands 35:65-84.
- Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. 1992
- Meyer, J. Y. 2004. Threat of invasive alien plants to native flora and forest vegetation of eastern Polynesia. Pacific Sci. 58:357-375.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:187.
- Tovar, Ó. 1993. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) del Perú. Ruizia 13:406-407.
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- van der Gritten, P. et al. 1992. Utilisation of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) pastures and dairy production in a high altitude region of Costa Rica. Trop. Grasslands 26:255-262.
- Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
- Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia. 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123.
- Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
- Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:528.
- Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994
Common names
English
Kikuyu grass – Afrikaans
kikoejoegras – German
Kikuyugras – Portuguese
capim-quicuio – Spanish
kikuyu – pasto africano – tapete – zacate kikuyu – Transcribed Chinese
pu di lang wei cao –
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 | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | Crete | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Federal District | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Mexico | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacan | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Morelos | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Queretaro | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tlaxcala | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | St. John | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | Easter Island | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galapagos Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Africa
-
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
-
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Malawi, Zimbabwe
-
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire
Cultivated
Africa
-
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
-
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Southern America
-
MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica
-
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
Naturalized
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
-
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
-
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
-
CHINA:
China [Yunnan]
-
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
-
WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus, Israel, Jordan
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
-
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
-
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Greece [Crete]
Northern America
-
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi]
-
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Federal District, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz]
-
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California]
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
-
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
Southern America
-
BRAZIL:
Brazil
-
CARIBBEAN:
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (U.S.) [St. John]
-
MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
-
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
-
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile [Easter Island], Paraguay, Uruguay
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Galapagos Islands], Peru
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 |
Environmental | erosion control | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:187. |
Environmental | lawn/turf | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:187. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Holttum, R. E. et al. A revised flora of Malaya. 1953-1971 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | 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=27178.
Accessed 6 October 2024.