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Taxon:  Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. capensis Engl.



Summary
Genus:
Sporobolus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Zoysieae
Subtribe:
Sporobolinae
Nomen number:
409672
Place of publication:
Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika 127. 1892
Verified:
03/24/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. (1 active accession[s])
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. flaccidus (Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp (0 active accession[s])
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. indicus (0 active accession[s])
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. major (Buse) Baaijens (1 active accession[s])
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. pyramidalis (P. Beauv.) Veldkamp (2 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agrostis africana Poir.
Agrostis capensis Willd.
Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
Sporobolus capensis Kunth
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Reference(s)
  1. Baaijens, G. J. & J. F. Veldkamp. 1991. Sporobolus (Gramineae) in Malesia. Blumea 35:429.
  2. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  3. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
  4. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  5. Simon, B. K. & S. W. L. Jacobs. 1999. Revision of the genus Sporobolus (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 12:385.
  6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  7. Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm.
  8. Zon, A. P. M. van der. Graminées du Cameroun. 1992
Common names
English
Parramatta grass –
rat-tail grass –
tufty grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSwaziland  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaLord Howe Island 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNiue  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Lord Howe Island]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Niue
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  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=409672. Accessed 21 July 2025.


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