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

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

• Basionym: Cynodon ternatus A. Rich.
• (≡) Syntherisma ternatum (A. Rich.) Newbold

Common names:

• blackseed crabgrass  (Source: Pl Names) - English
• blackseed finger grass  (Source: Grass SAfr) - English

Economic Importance:

• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Somalia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
• CHINA: China [Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (e.), Nepal
• INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• Mexico

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Jamaica

References:

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2. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
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4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
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6. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
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10. Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
11. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
12. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
13. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
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17. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.

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=14114. Accessed 5 July 2024.