Other conspecific taxa:

• Dichanthium annulatum var. annulatum (0 accessions)
• Dichanthium annulatum var. papillosum (0 accessions)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Cape Verde, Portugal, [Madeira Islands] Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mali, Niger, Senegal
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Cape Province (n.), Transvaal]

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt, [Sinai] Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Turkey (s.)

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Pakistan
• PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
• INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia


Naturalized




Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• United States

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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=13897. Accessed 1 July 2024.