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

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

• (=) Poa tremula Lam.

Economic Importance:

• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal] Nepal, Pakistan
• INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar

References:

1. Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
2. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
3. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Eragrostis+tremula&quantity=1 target='_blank'
5. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: lists as Eragrostis tremula (Lam.) Hochst. ex Steud.
6. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
7. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
8. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia Note: lists as Eragrostis tremula Steud.
9. Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
10. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
12. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
13. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Eragrostis tremula Steud.
15. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun Note: lists as Eragrostis tremula (Lam.) Steud.

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=15324. Accessed 5 July 2024.