Summary
Place of publication:
Hort. berol. 2:209. 1833
Comment:
specific epithet commonly misspelled "colonum"
Verified:
04/27/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
awnless barnyard grass – barnyard millet – corn-panic grass – Deccan grass – jungle ricegrass – jungle-rice – millet-rice – shama millet – wild millet – Afrikaans
watergras – Arabic
ābu rokba – French
blé du Dekkan – German
Schamahirse – Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-arroz – capim-da-colônia – capituva – Spanish
armilán – pasto del arroz – zancaraña –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Ukraine | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Niue | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Central America | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
6 | Other | | | | | |
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Nepal
Naturalized
Africa
-
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
-
MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands]
-
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Zambia
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zaire
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan, Taiwan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Ukraine
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Czech Republic, Germany
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Greece, Italy
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Northern America
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau
-
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue
Southern America
-
BRAZIL:
Brazil
-
CARIBBEAN:
Puerto Rico
-
MESOAMERICA:
Central America, Costa Rica
-
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Other
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Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
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(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=316659.
Accessed 6 October 2024.