Summary
Place of publication:
Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 3:86. 1868
Verified:
01/17/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
- Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
- 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) 106:128.
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
- Rogers, J. K. et al. 2012. Yield, yield distribution, and forage quality of warm-season perennial grasses grown for pasture or biofuel in the southern Great Plains. ISRN Agron. 2012. DOI:10.5402/2012/607476
- Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
English
flaccid grass – Himalayan fountain grass – Transcribed Chinese
bai cao –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Gansu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hebei | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Heilongjiang | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Henan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jilin | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Liaoning | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Nei Mongol | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Ningxia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Qinghai | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shaanxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shandong | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shanxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xinjiang | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Jammu and Kashmir | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan]
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Tajikistan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Iran
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India [Jammu and Kashmir], Nepal, Pakistan
Cultivated
Northern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 |
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 | ornamental | | FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- |
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=27185.
Accessed 6 October 2024.