Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:54. 1753
Verified:
01/25/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Canary grass – seed Canary grass – French
alpiste des Canaries – German
Kanariengras – Italian
scagliola – Japanese Rōmaji
kanarii-kusa-yoshi – Portuguese
alpista – Spanish
alpiste – Swedish
kanariegräs –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Estonia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | Canada | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Entre Rios | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | La Pampa | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Belarus | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Slovenia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | Baleares | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
5 | Uncertain | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
5 | Uncertain | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
Native
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands]
-
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya
Europe
Cultivated
Europe
-
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czech Republic, Hungary, Netherlands
Northern America
-
REGION:
Canada, United States
Southern America
-
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, La Pampa]
Naturalized
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Azores]
Asia-Temperate
Australasia
Europe
-
EAST EUROPE:
Belarus
-
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Belgium
-
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden
-
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia
-
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain [Baleares], France
Northern America
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
-
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Peru
Uncertain
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Madeira Islands]
-
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Morocco
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 |
Animal food | forage | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 |
Human food | potential as cereal | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
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Accessed 6 October 2024.