Summary
Place of publication:
Blumea 31:295. 1986
Verified:
05/23/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986-
- George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
- Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
- Parrotta, J. A. Healing plants of peninsular India. 2001
- Simon, B. K. 1989. Studies in Australian grasses: 4. Taxonomic and nomenclatural studies in Australian Andropogoneae. Austrobaileya 3:79-100
- Veldkamp, J. F. et al. 1986. Generic delimitation of Rottboellia and related genera (Gramineae). Blumea 31:281-307.
- Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:295.
Common names
English
pit-scale 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 | Eritrea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
| 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 | Zimbabwe | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
| 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 | Sierra Leone | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Arunachal Pradesh | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Bihar | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Gujarat | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Himachal Pradesh | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Jammu and Kashmir | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Karnataka | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Kerala | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Manipur | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Meghalaya | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Nagaland | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Orissa | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Punjab | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tripura | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 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 | Malaysia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman, Yemen
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CHINA:
China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Sri Lanka, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Naturalized
Northern America
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Weed | potential seed contaminant | | 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.
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(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=433176.
Accessed 26 April 2025.