Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. aegypt.-arab. 178. 1775
Verified:
11/01/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
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Common names
English
kangaroo grass – red grass – red-oat – red-oat grass – Afrikaans
rooigras –
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 | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
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 | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Shikoku | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | South Australia | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Tasmania | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Victoria | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
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WESTERN ASIA:
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
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INDO-CHINA:
Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Cultivated
Northern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:222. |
Environmental | ornamental | | FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997 |
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=36498.
Accessed 6 October 2024.