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

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

• Basionym: Aira indica L.
• (=) Panicum contractum Wight & Arn. ex Nees
• (≡) Panicum indicum (L.) L.
• (=) Sacciolepis contracta (Wight & Arn. ex Nees) Hitchc.

Common names:

• Chase's Glenwood grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• Indian cupscale grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Cape Province (e.)]

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China (s.)
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku] Korea, Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
• PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
• INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory]

Pacific

• SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia


Naturalized




Northern America

• United States

References:

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7. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
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12. Holttum, R. E. et al. 1953-1971. A revised flora of Malaya.
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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=32632. Accessed 1 July 2024.