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Taxon:  Hyparrhenia bracteata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Stapf



Summary
Genus:
Hyparrhenia
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:
19536
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:360. 1919
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
Basionym
Andropogon bracteatus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  3. Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  5. Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
  6. Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986-
  7. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999
  8. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  9. Renvoize, S. A. Gramineas de Bolivia. 1998
  10. Renvoize, S. A. Hatschbach's Parana grasses. 1988
  11. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  12. Zon, A. P. M. van der. Graminées du Cameroun. 1992
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCote D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorEl Oro 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCajamarca 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCuzco 
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Nigeria
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Guangxi]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [El Oro], Peru [Cajamarca, Cuzco]
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=19536. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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