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

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

• (≡) Manisuris altissima (Poir.) Hitchc.
• Basionym: Rottboellia altissima Poir.

Common names:

• Batavian quick grass  (Source: Blumea) - English
• halt grass  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• limpo grass  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• red quick  (Source: pers. comm.) - English
• red swamp grass  (Source: Grass SAfr) - English
• snake grass  (Source: Blumea) - English
• swamp couch  (Source: Blumea) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage; forage

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Chad, Ethiopia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mali, Nigeria, Senegal
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
• WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Georgia

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Tamil Nadu]
• INDO-CHINA: Myanmar (s.), Thailand (n.), Vietnam (s.)
• MALESIA: Indonesia [Kalimantan]

Europe

• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sicily)
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares)


Cultivated

Africa

• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• United States


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere, incl. s. United States)

References:

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2. Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
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4. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
5. Ellis, R. P. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
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7. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
8. 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=Hemarthria+altissima&quantity=1 target='_blank'
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11. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
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16. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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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=18849. Accessed 1 July 2024.