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

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

• Basionym: Poa ciliaris L.

Common names:

• gophertail grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• woolly love grass  (Source: Grass SAfr) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage
• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
• 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: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province (e.), KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• INDO-CHINA: Indochina
• MALESIA: Philippines

Northern America

• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Yucatán]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

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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=27886. Accessed 5 July 2024.