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

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

• Basionym: Panicum compositum L.

Common names:

• running mountain grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• capim-do-mato  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)

Economic Importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant;

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Uganda
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
• CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan
• CHINA: China [Zhejiang Sheng (s.), Jiangxi Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Kyushu (s.), Ryukyu Islands] Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Pakistan, [Punjab] Sri Lanka
• INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland]

Northern America

• Mexico (s.)

Pacific

• SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador

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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=401781. Accessed 1 July 2024.