See other conspecific taxa:

• Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. crus-pavonis (0 accessions)
• Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. macera (0 accessions)

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

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

• Basionym: Oplismenus crus-pavonis Kunth

Common names:

• gulf barnyard grass  (Source: Grass SAfr) - English
• South American barnyard grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English

Economic Importance:

• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Somalia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, South Africa [Cape Province (e. & s.), KwaZulu-Natal]

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.e.)

Northern America

• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Oklahoma]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Washington (c.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina (e.), Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
• Mexico

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico]
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

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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=14827. Accessed 29 September 2024.