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

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

• Basionym: Panicum colonum L.

Common names:

• awnless barnyard grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• barnyard millet  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• corn-panic grass  (Source: pers. comm.) - English
• Deccan grass  (Source: pers. comm.) - English
• jungle ricegrass  (Source: Names Beetle) - English
• jungle-rice  (Source: Grass Tex) - English
• millet-rice  (Source: pers. comm.) - English
• shama millet  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• wild millet  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• watergras  (Source: Ecocrop) - Afrikaans
• ābu rokba  (Source: F Egypt) - Arabic
• blé du Dekkan  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Schamahirse  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• capim-arroz  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• capim-da-colônia  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• capituva  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• armilán  (Source: Cavanillesia Alt) - Spanish
• pasto del arroz  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• zancaraña  (Source: Cavanillesia Alt) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Nigeria
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Zambia
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt, [Sinai] Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany
• EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Italy, Romania
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Portugal, Spain

Northern America

• United States

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
• NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau
• SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
• SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: United States [Puerto Rico]
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America, Costa Rica
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay


Other (origin obscure)

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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=316659. Accessed 29 June 2024.