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Taxon:  Fingerhuthia africana Lehm.



Summary
Genus:
Fingerhuthia
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Unioliinae
Nomen number:
17106
Place of publication:
Sem. hort. bot. hamburg. 1834:7. 1834 (Linnaea 10, litt.:112. 1836)
Verified:
10/05/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  2. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  4. Ghazanfar, S. A. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. 1992
  5. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  6. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  7. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  8. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Common names
English
thimble grass –
Zulu-fescue –
Afrikaans
vingerhoedgras –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSwaziland  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
Native
Africa
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
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=17106. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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