Summary
Place of publication:
Sida 19:526. 2001
Verified:
09/16/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Wipff, J. K. 2001. Nomenclatural changes in Pennisetum (Poaceae: Paniceae). Sida 19:523-530.
Common names
English
birdwood grass – India
anjan –
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 | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
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 | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Australasia
Northern America
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | potential as forage | | Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 |
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=457328.
Accessed 6 October 2024.