Sporobolus africanus

Sporobolus africanus

Sporobolus africanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Basionym
- Agrostis africana Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 254 (1810).
Homotypic
- Vilfa africana (Poir.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812).
- Sporobolus indicus var. africanus (Poir.) Jovet & Guédès, Taxon 22: 163 (1973), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Agrostis spicata Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 19 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Panicum caudatum Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 19 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Agrostis capensis Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 1: 372 (1797), nom. illeg.
- Vilfa capensis P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 147 (1812), nom. superfl.
- Sporobolus capensis Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 212 (1833), nom. superfl.
- Vilfa dianthera Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 162 (1854).
- Sporobolus indicus var. capensis Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 127 (1892).
- Sporobolus batesii A.Chev., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 469 (1948).
- Sporobolus indicus var. cinereoviridis Baaijens, Blumea 35: 431 (1991).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Swaziland, Namibia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Peninsular Arabia
  - Saudi Arabia, Yemen
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Sri Lanka
- Introduced into:
  - Ascension, Azores, Canary Is., Cook Is., Easter Is., Hawaii, Kermadec Is., Leeward Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Society Is., South Australia, St.Helena, Tasmania, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia

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Cymraeg: hadwellt Affrica

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