Summary
Place of publication:
Bull. Herb. Boissier sér. 2, 7:391. 1907
Verified:
04/30/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Arabian grass – Araby grass – camel grass – common Mediterranean grass – kelch grass – Mediterranean grass –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Turkmenistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State]
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia
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CAUCASUS:
Armenia, Azerbaijan
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Turkmenistan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Europe
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990 |
Weed | | | Campbell, F. T., ed. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. 1995 (unpublished draft) |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70689.
Accessed 12 February 2025.