Summary
Place of publication:
Austrobaileya 8:215. 2010
Verified:
06/18/2014
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Simon, B. K. 2010. New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8:187-219.
Common names
English
cattail grass – Queensland pigeon grass – Japanese Rōmaji
ko-tsubu-kin-enokoro –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Swaziland | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Cote D'Ivoire | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Guam | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Northern Mariana Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Pitcairn | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Samoa | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tonga | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman, Yemen
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
-
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Pacific
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Solomon Islands
Naturalized
Africa
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
-
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Northern America
-
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Oregon]
-
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Louisiana]
Pacific
-
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Pitcairn, French Polynesia
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
New Caledonia, Tonga, Samoa
Other
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Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
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=468264.
Accessed 18 July 2025.