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Taxon:  Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf



Summary
Genus:
Hyparrhenia
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:
19550
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:304. 1919
Verified:
10/05/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
13 (13  active, 8  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Trachypogon rufus Nees

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon rufus (Nees) Kunth
Cymbopogon rufus (Nees) Rendle

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Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  2. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
  3. Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 2:266-267.
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Hyparrhenia+rufa&quantity=1
  6. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
  7. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  8. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  9. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  11. Kress, W. J. et al. 2003. A checklist of the trees, shrubs, herbs, and climbers of Myanmar. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 45
  12. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
  13. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  14. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  15. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  16. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  17. Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
  18. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
  19. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun
Common names
English
giant thatching grass –
jaragua grass –
Afrikaans
geelaartamboekiegras –
German
braunes Deckgras –
Jaraguagras –
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-jaraguá –
jaraguá –
Spanish
yaragua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania incl. Pemba, Zanzibar
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States s.e.
2CultivatedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
2CultivatedSouthern America South America tropical
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States s.e.
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4NaturalizedSouthern America South America tropical
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania (incl. Pemba, Zanzibar), Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Transvaal]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Cultivated
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Northern America
  • REGION: United States (s.e.)
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • REGION: South America (tropical)
Naturalized
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Northern America
  • REGION: United States (s.e.)
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • REGION: South America (tropical)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodderfide Pl Book; Invasive Pl SpecWeber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weedpotential seed contaminant Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Weedpotential seed contaminant Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds


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