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Taxon:  Cymbopogon caesius (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) Stapf



Summary
Genus:
Cymbopogon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Anthristiriinae
Nomen number:
12796
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906:360. 1906
Verified:
02/08/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
10 (10  active, 7  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Cymbopogon caesius (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) Stapf subsp. caesius (0 active accession[s])
Cymbopogon caesius (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) Stapf subsp. giganteus (Chiov.) Sales (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon excavatus Hochst.
Cymbopogon excavatus (Hochst.) Stapf
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Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
  5. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
  6. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
  7. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Pullaiah, T. et al. Flora of Andhra Pradesh (India). 1997-1998
  10. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  11. Sreekumar, P. V. & V. J. Nair. Flora of Kerala - grasses. 1991
  12. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  13. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
English
kachi grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSwaziland  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialsessential oils Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12796. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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