Summary
Place of publication:
Biblioth. Bot. 138:55. 1988
Verified:
12/11/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Natal grass – Natal-redtop – red Natal grass – Spanish
yerba de Natal – Swedish
rosengräs –
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 | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
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 | Morocco | | |
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 | 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 | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Sao Tome and Principe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | North Indian Ocean | British Indian Ocean Terr | Diego Garcia | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | U.S. Outlying Islands | Midway Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Guam | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Cook Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Kiribati | Line Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Nauru | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Wallis and Futuna Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde, Spain [Canary Islands]
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Morocco
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Reunion
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Papua New Guinea
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NORTH INDIAN OCEAN:
British Indian Ocean Terr [Diego Garcia]
Northern America
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REGION:
Mexico
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
U.S. Outlying Islands [Midway Islands], United States [Hawaii]
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Guam, Marshall Islands
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands, Kiribati [Line Islands], French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana, Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | erosion control | | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990 |
Environmental | ornamental | | 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 |
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=409666.
Accessed 6 October 2024.