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

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

• Basionym: Tristachya simplex Nees

Common names:

• common russet grass  (Source: Grass SAfr) - English
• besemgras  (Source: Grass SAfr) - Afrikaans
• stingelgras  (Source: Grass SAfr) - Afrikaans

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State (e.), Transvaal]
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

References:

1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
2. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
3. 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=Loudetia+simplex&quantity=1 target='_blank'
4. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
5. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
6. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
7. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
8. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun

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=22753. Accessed 1 July 2024.