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Taxon:  Bothriochloa insculpta (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) A. Camus



Summary
Genus:
Bothriochloa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Anthristiriinae
Nomen number:
7478
Place of publication:
Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon sér. 2, 76:165. 1931
Verified:
10/02/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
10 (10  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon insculptus Hochst. ex A. Rich.

Autonym(s)
Bothriochloa insculpta (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) A. Camus var. insculpta

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon pertusus (L.) Willd. var. insculptus (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Hack.
Dichanthium insculptum (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Clayton

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Reference(s)
  1. Ellis, R. P. 1997. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
  2. 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=Bothriochloa+insculpta&quantity=1
  3. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  4. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
  5. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  6. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
  7. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  8. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  9. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1980. Flora europaea. 5:266. Note: = Dichanthium insculptum
Common names
English
creeping-bluegrass –
pinhole grass –
sweet-pit grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaGauteng 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorthern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorth-West 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItalySicilia 
2Cultivated    also cult. in tropics
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sicilia]
Cultivated (also cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia


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