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

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

• (=) Brachiaria stolonifera Gooss.
• Basionym: Panicum mosambicense Hack.
• (≡) Urochloa pullulans Stapf
• (=) Urochloa rhodesiensis Stent
• (=) Urochloa stolonifera (Gooss.) Chippind.

Common names:

• herringbone grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• sabi grass  (Source: AH 505) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Environmental: revegetator; revegetator

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province (e.), KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: United States [Puerto Rico]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia

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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=40913. Accessed 1 July 2024.