Summary
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:487. 1919
Verified:
03/21/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
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Common names
English
bug-seed grass – cockatoo grass –
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 | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
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 | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
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 | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Singapore | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Malaysia, Singapore
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland]
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Pakistan
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida, Maryland]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
Environmental | erosion control | | Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 |
Weed | | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
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=401510.
Accessed 6 October 2024.