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

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

• (≡) Andropogon capensis Houtt.
• (=) Chloris capensis Thell.
• Basionym: Cynosurus paspaloides Vahl
• (I) Eustachys mutica auct.

Common names:

• red Rhodes grass  (Source: F Zamb) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen

References:

1. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
2. 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=Eustachys+paspaloides&quantity=1 target='_blank'
3. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
4. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
5. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
7. 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=16464. Accessed 3 July 2024.