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

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

• (=) Arthraxon ciliaris P. Beauv.
• (=) Arthraxon ciliaris var. ciliaris P. Beauv.
• (=) Arthraxon ciliaris var. cryptatherus Hack.
• (=) Arthraxon hispidus var. ciliaris (P. Beauv.) Koidz.
• (=) Arthraxon hispidus var. cryptatherus (Hack.) Honda
• (-) Arthraxon hispidus var. hispidus (Thunb.) Makino
• Basionym: Phalaris hispida Thunb.

Common names:

• jointhead  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• small carpet grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• kobuna-gusa  (Source: Grass Japan) - Japanese Rōmaji

Economic Importance:

• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Primorye, Amur]
• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku] Korea, Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India
• INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
• MALESIA: Philippines

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (n.e.), Queensland (s.e.)]


Naturalized

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Iran

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima]

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Guadeloupe, Jamaica
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America, Costa Rica, [Alajuela] Guatemala, [Quetzaltenango] Honduras, [Francisco Morazán] Nicaragua [Matagalpa]
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela [Portuguesa, Trujillo]

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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=4302. Accessed 1 July 2024.