Echinochloa P.Beauv.

First published in Ess. Agrostogr.: 53 (1812)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Samoa, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alberta, Argentina South, Aruba, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Caroline Is., Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Christmas I., Cook Is., Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Galápagos, Germany, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Hawaii, Hungary, Ireland, Juan Fernández Is., Kermadec Is., Kuril Is., Magadan, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Nauru, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Niue, Norfolk Is., North European Russia, Poland, Prince Edward I., Sardegna, Society Is., Solomon Is., Southwest Caribbean, St.Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Wallis-Futuna Is., Yakutiya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Ess. Agrost. 53 (1812)
  • F.T.A. 9: 604 (1920).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Ess. Agrost.: 53 (1812) nom conserv.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ess. Agrost.: 53 (1812), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1991 Simaga, J.M. [773] Papua New Guinea K001870780 Yes
Jan 25, 1985 Bullock, A.A. [748] India K000245285 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Baron, R. [4484] Madagascar K000244736 Holotype Yes
Aug 13, 1982 Saldanha' C.J.; Micheal, P.W.; Ramesh, S.R. [14236] India K000245284 Type Yes
Aug 13, 1982 Renvoize, S.A.; Cope, T.A. [3906] Bolivia K000309364 Type Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [8377] Kenya K003609606 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1104] Kenya K003609605 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [5061] Brazil K001102336 Yes
Gardner [0] Brazil K000003883 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002828973 Yes
Cabezas, F.; Velayos, M. [2279] Equatorial Guinea K001873349 No
Andriambololonera, S.; Manjato, N.; Rakotonirina, N.; Razakamalala, R. [411] Madagascar K001891327 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6077] Brazil K001102337 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [5062] Brazil K001102335 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J.; van Rensburg, C.J. [1127] Kenya K003609603 Yes
Bari; Abdullah [M1-C1] K003608555 Yes
Bari; Abdullah [M1-C4] K003608554 Yes
Blair, I.J. [320] Sudan K003608850 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1640] Kenya K003609608 Yes
Blackmore, S.; Osborne, P.L.; Dudley, C.O. [1295] Malawi K003355942 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan K002829525 Yes
Barney, R.W. [1041] Kenya K003609604 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [6058] K003609716 Yes
Norsaengsri, M.; Tathana, N. [9460] Thailand K003607666 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2032] Sudan K003608851 Yes
Blake, S.T. [91] Australia K003608110 Yes
Cuming, H. [570] Philippines K000290229 Syntype Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9860] K003609717 Yes
Edwards, D.C. [1947] Kenya K003609607 Yes
Buchanan, J. [269] South Africa K000282261 Syntype Yes
Kerfoot, O. [2717] Kenya K003609610 Yes
K'ung, H.W. [K1360] China K002829526 Yes
Brunt, M. [1342] Kenya K003609609 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0