Hyparrhenia formosa Stapf GRIN-Global

Taxon: Hyparrhenia formosa Stapf

Summary

Genus:

Hyparrhenia

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Andropogoninae

Nomen number:

419201

Place of publication:

D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:340. 1919

Verified:

02/09/2006 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

No images

Reference(s)

Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
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	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Rwanda, Zaire

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen

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=419201. Accessed 18 July 2025.