Taxon:
Stipagrostis pungens (Desf.) De Winter
Summary
Place of publication:
Kirkia 3:135. 1963
Verified:
11/15/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- 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
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
- Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
Common names
English
three-awn grass –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
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 | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt (?), Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran
Cultivated
Africa
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | erosion control | | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397# |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |