Summary
Place of publication:
Mus. Senckenberg. 2:134. 1837
Verified:
01/17/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
feather grass – feathertop – long-style feather grass – white-foxtail – Afrikaans
veergras – German
weißes Lampenputzergras – Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-da-Abissínia – painço-da-Abissínia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | Corsica | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Zacatecas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Aguascalientes | |
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 | 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 | Queretaro | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
Asia-Temperate
Cultivated
Northern America
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Morocco
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Australasia
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Greece, Italy
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France [Corsica]
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Durango, Nuevo Leon, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Colima, Federal District, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Queretaro]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Sao Paulo]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990 |
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=27228.
Accessed 6 October 2024.