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

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

• Basionym: Poa aspera Jacq.

Common names:

• grootpluimeragrostis  (Source: Grass SAfr) - Afrikaans

Economic Importance:

• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt (s.e.)
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (s.)
• INDO-CHINA: Indochina
• MALESIA: Indonesia

References:

1. Andrews, F. W. 1950-1956. The flowering plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
3. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
4. Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
5. Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames
6. 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
7. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
8. Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
9. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
10. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
11. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
12. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
14. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
15. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
16. Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:166.
17. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
18. 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=27865. Accessed 5 July 2024.