Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. Afr. austral. ill. 397. 1841
Verified:
05/07/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
African love grass – Boer love grass – weeping love grass – Afrikaans
oulandsgras – Italian
eragrostide curvula – Spanish
pasto llorón – Swedish
afrikanskt kärleksgräs – Transcribed Chinese
wan ye hua mei 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 | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
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 | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | New Guinea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Federal District | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Para | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraiba | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Parana | |
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 | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Madeira Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Morocco
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
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WESTERN ASIA:
Turkey
Asia-Tropical
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Belgium, Switzerland, Germany
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, Portugal
Northern America
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REGION:
Mexico
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Georgia, South Carolina]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Sao Paulo, Federal District]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990 |
Animal food | forage | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- |
Environmental | erosion control | | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990 |
Environmental | revegetator | | 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=27889.
Accessed 6 October 2024.