Summary
Place of publication:
Gram. panic. 64. 1826
Verified:
04/07/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
African feather grass – bedding grass – waterside-reed – German
afrikanisches Federborstengras – Swedish
svansborstgräs –
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 | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | South Australia | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Tasmania | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Victoria | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Guinea, Nigeria, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands]
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia]
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Northern America
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. Noxious weeds of Australia. 1992 |
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=27197.
Accessed 6 October 2024.