Summary
Place of publication:
Voy. Uranie 413. 1829
Comment:
includes F. miliacea auct., non Scirpus miliaceus L.
Verified:
05/03/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
grass-like fimbristylis – lesser fimbristylis – Spanish
barba de fraile – barba de indio –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Cote D'Ivoire | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
| 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-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 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 | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | Society Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan, Taiwan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia [Society Islands]
Southern America
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
Naturalized
Northern America
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REGION:
Mexico
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Missouri]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee]
Pacific
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Other
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Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | forage | | Simpson, D. A. & C. A. Inglis. 2001. Cyperaceae of economic, ethnobotanical and horticultural importance: a checklist. Kew Bull. 56:317. |
| Weed | | | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=402828.
Accessed 11 June 2026.