Summary
Place of publication:
Sida 19:527. 2001
Verified:
09/16/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
- Wipff, J. K. 2001. Nomenclatural changes in Pennisetum (Poaceae: Paniceae). Sida 19:523-530.
Common names
English
buffel grass –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
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 | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Cultivated
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Naturalized
Australasia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
Environmental | erosion control | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
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=457329.
Accessed 6 October 2024.