Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Chloris abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich.

Common names:

• Abyssinian Rhodes grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• Rhodes grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• chloris  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• herbe de Rhodes  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Rhodasgras  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• erba di Rhodes  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• capim-de-Rhodes  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• grama de Rodas  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• pasto de Rodas  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• fei zhou hu wei cao  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder; forage
• Environmental:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal, [Madeira Islands] Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mali, Niger, Senegal
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa


Cultivated

Africa

• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa

Asia-Temperate

• CAUCASUS: Georgia
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Korea

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
• INDO-CHINA: Thailand
• MALESIA: Philippines

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• United States (s.)

Pacific

• SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji

Southern America

• BRAZIL: Brazil
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Uruguay


Naturalized

Australasia

• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
• Mexico

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica
• BRAZIL: Brazil [Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=10260. Accessed 3 July 2024.