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Taxon:  Ischaemum afrum (J. F. Gmel.) Dandy



Summary
Genus:
Ischaemum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Ischaeminae
Nomen number:
104246
Place of publication:
F. W. Andrews, The flowering plants of the Sudan 3:476. 1956
Verified:
10/05/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
10 (8  active, 8  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon afer J. F. Gmel.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon brachyatherus Hochst.
Andropogon pilosus J. G. Klein ex Willd.
Ischaemum brachyatherum (Hochst.) Fenzl ex Hack.
Ischaemum glaucostachyum Stapf
Ischaemum pilosum (J. G. Klein ex Willd.) Wight
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Reference(s)
  1. Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
  2. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  3. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
  4. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
  5. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  7. Zon, A. P. M. van der. Graminées du Cameroun. 1992
Common names
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 AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSwaziland  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh 
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh]
Cultivated
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
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=104246. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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