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

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

• Basionym: Cynosurus floccifolius Forssk.

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia (n.)

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen (n.)


Naturalized

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya

References:

1. Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
2. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
3. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
4. Neves, S. S. et al. 2005. Phylogeny of Eleusine (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnT-trnF sequences. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 35:395-419.
5. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2015. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Eleusininae with a new genus, Micrachne (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 64:445-467. Note: this study included one sample of Eleusine floccifolia; a combined plastid and ITS sequence data analysis resolved diploid E. floccifolia (x=9) is sister to the E. africana - E. tristachya - E. indica - E. coracana - E. kigeziensis clade
6. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
7. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
8. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.

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=14996. Accessed 3 July 2024.