Summary
Place of publication:
Not. pl. asiat. 3:70; Icon. pl. asiat. 3: t. 153. 1851
Comment:
original publication not seen
Verified:
02/15/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
- Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. Florida state list aquatic & wetland noxious weeds - from Department of Environmental Protection (on-line resource).
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Common names
English
hippo grass –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
Native
Africa
-
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
-
INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Weed | | | Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. Florida state list aquatic & wetland noxious weeds - from Department of Environmental Protection (on-line resource). |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=416245.
Accessed 31 May 2026.