Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. Afr. austral. ill. 1:74. 1841
Verified:
03/27/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
- Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
- Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
- Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
- Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Common names
English
bottlebrush grass – wool grass –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
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 | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | North West | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mali
Cultivated
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Australasia
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
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=3546.
Accessed 6 October 2024.