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

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

• Basionym: Cynosurus tristachyos Lam.

Common names:

• American crowfoot grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• American yard grass  (Source: BSBI) - English
• crab grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• three-spike grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

• BRAZIL: Brazil [Maranhão, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [El Beni, Santa Cruz, Tarija]
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Córdoba, Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Misiones, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires] Chile, Paraguay, [Central, Misiones, Paraguarí] Uruguay


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal, [Azores, Madeira Islands] Spain [Canarias]
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa [Free State, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng]

Asia-Temperate

• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Georgia

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria]
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand [North Island]

Europe

• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain

Northern America

• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

References:

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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=15000. Accessed 3 July 2024.