Taxon:
Phalaris minor Retz.
Summary
Place of publication:
Observ. bot. 3:8. 1783
Verified:
01/25/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Baldini, R. M. 1995. Revision of the genus Phalaris L. (Gramineae). Webbia 49:279.
- CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
- Ellis, R. P. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
- Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). URL: http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49:139-247.
- Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica Note: comments that the only specimen known for the country might represent Phalaris aquatica
- Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
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Common names
English
annual Canary grass – bristle-spike Canary grass – lesser Canary grass – little-seed Canary grass – small Canary grass – wild Canary grass – French
phalaris mineur – German
kleines Glanzgras – Portuguese
talaceiro – Portuguese (Brazil)
alfarino – pasto-romano – Spanish
alpiste valillo – pasto romano – Swedish
småflen –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Bahrain | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Kuwait | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | incl. Crete |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
3 | Adventive | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | n. |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | Krym | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
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CAUCASUS:
Azerbaijan, Georgia
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Europe
-
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Germany, Netherlands
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Adventive
Europe
-
NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom
Naturalized
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Azores]
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Yunnan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Kyushu (n.)]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
Australasia
Europe
-
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czech Republic
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Ukraine [Krym]
Northern America
-
REGION:
Mexico, United States
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Uruguay
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | for livestock or for birdseed fide Webbia 49:280. 1995; Invasive Pl Spec | Baldini, R. M. 1995. Revision of the genus Phalaris L. (Gramineae). Webbia 49:279. |
Animal food | forage | for livestock or for birdseed fide Webbia 49:280. 1995; Invasive Pl Spec | Baldini, R. M. 1995. Revision of the genus Phalaris L. (Gramineae). Webbia 49:279. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |