Cenchrus setosus subsp. setosus

Native to:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Niue, Northern Territory, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Wake I., West Himalaya, Windward Is.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

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