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Taxon:  Chloris gayana Kunth



Summary
Genus:
Chloris
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
10260
Place of publication:
Révis. gramin. 1:293, t. 58. 1830 (1:89. 1829, nom. nud.)
Verified:
05/06/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
69 (69  active, 30  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chloris abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Abyssinian Rhodes grass –
Rhodes grass –
French
chloris –
herbe de Rhodes –
German
Rhodasgras –
Italian
erba di Rhodes –
Portuguese
capim-de-Rhodes –
Spanish
grama de Rodas –
pasto de Rodas –
Transcribed Chinese
fei zhou hu wei cao –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mali, Niger, Senegal
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa
Cultivated
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Georgia
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
  • MALESIA: Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • REGION: United States (s.)
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Uruguay
Naturalized
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
  • REGION: Mexico
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay
Economic Uses


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