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Internal ID UUID644030e7c2e4d045895093
Scientific name Hyparrhenia rufa
Authority Stapf
First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 304 (1919)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Andropogon altissimus Hochst. ex A.Braun Flora 24: 277 (1841)
Andropogon fulvicomus Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 463. 1850
Andropogon fulvicomus var. approximatus Hochst. Exsicc. (Pl. Schimp.) 2: n.° 928. 1842
Andropogon hirtus Degen ex Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 372 (1909)
Andropogon pendulus Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 16 (1929)
Andropogon rufus var. fulvicomus (Hochst.) Hack. Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 213. 1887
Andropogon rufus var. glabrescens Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 288. 1907
Andropogon yinduensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 9: 243 (1918)
Cymbopogon rufus Rendle Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 155 (1899)
Cymbopogon rufus var. fulvicomus (Hochst.) Rendle Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 155. 1899
Cymbopogon rufus var. major Rendle Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 155. 1899
Hyparrhenia fulvicoma Andersson Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. : 310 (1867)
Hyparrhenia hirta var. brachypoda Chiov. Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: 63. 1940
Hyparrhenia rufa var. fulvicoma (Hochst.) Chiov. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 26: 74. 1919
Hyparrhenia rufa var. major (Rendle) Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 306 1919
Hyparrhenia vulpina subsp. longipes A.Camus Bull. Soc. Bot. France 107: 207. 1960 (1960)
Hyparrhenia yunnanensis B.S.Sun J. Yunnan Univ., Ser. A. 21(2): 95 (1999)
Sorghum rufum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] as Sorgum
Trachypogon rufus Nees Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 345 (1829)
Andropogon rufus Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 492 (1833)
Andropogon fulvicomus Hochst. Exsicc. (Pl. Schimp.) 2: n.° 1118. 1842 (1842)

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Language Common/alternative name
English jaraguagrass
Spanish yaragua
Amharic ሰንበሌጥ
Arabic حمرور أحمر
dag zahiŋkoloɣu
Persian نریشت بزرگ
Portuguese jaraguá
Chinese 红苞茅

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Hyparrhenia rufa var. rufa (Nees) Stapf Kew Bulletin Additional Series 2 1969
Hyparrhenia rufa var. siamensis Clayton Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 2: 66 (1969)

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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Rodrigues
      • Réunion
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
      • Philippines
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Marianas
    • South-central Pacific
      • Society Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000875326
Florida Plant Atlas 74
USDA Plants HYRU2
Tropicos 25511197
INPN 446307
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:405583-1
The Plant List kew-419831
Open Tree Of Life 754587
NCBI Taxonomy 167342
Nature Serve 2.131630
IPNI 405583-1
iNaturalist 163952
GBIF 2703246
Freebase /m/0ywxkjb
EPPO HYRRU
EOL 1114975
USDA GRIN 19550
Wikipedia Hyparrhenia_rufa

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The dynamics of vegetation diversity and biomass under traditional grazing in Ethiopia's Somali rangeland Gebremedhn HH, Dejene SW, Tuffa S, Tesfay Y, Mensah S, Devenish AJ Plant Environ Interact 07-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10711641
doi:10.1002/pei3.10127
PMID:38089846
Medicinal plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda - a cultural crossroads Masters ET J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 27-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10605377
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00620-5
PMID:37884931
Ethnobotanical study of nutraceutical plants used to manage opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS in Acholi sub-region, Northern Uganda Ikinyom N, Lamwaka AV, Malagala AT, Ndyomugyenyi EK Trop Med Health 01-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10472741
doi:10.1186/s41182-023-00540-w
PMID:37658427
In search of lost ergots: phylogenetic re-evaluation of Claviceps species in Japan and their biogeographic patterns revealed Tanaka E, Tanada K, Hosoe T, Shrestha B, Kolařík M, Liu M Stud Mycol 17-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10825747
doi:10.3114/sim.2023.106.01
PMID:38298573
Root microbiome diversity and structure of the Sonoran desert buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare L.) Jara-Servin A, Silva A, Barajas H, Cruz-Ortega R, Tinoco-Ojanguren C, Alcaraz LD PLoS One 19-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10198571
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0285978
PMID:37205698
Comparison of bird assemblage structures and diversity patterns between seasons among two Ethiopian wetlands Awash N, Tekalign W BMC Zool 11-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10127002
doi:10.1186/s40850-023-00164-x
PMID:37170360
Edible insect biodiversity and anthropo-entomophagy practices in Kalehe and Idjwi territories, D.R. Congo Ishara J, Cokola MC, Buzera A, Mmari M, Bugeme D, Niassy S, Katcho K, Kinyuru J J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 05-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9817319
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00575-z
PMID:36604725
Elevational distribution of montane Afrotropical butterflies is influenced by seasonality and habitat structure Mtui DT, Ogutu JO, Okick RE, Newmark WD PLoS One 05-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9255748
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0270769
PMID:35789332
Seasonal Dynamics of Bacterial Community Structure in Diesel Oil-Contaminated Soil Cultivated with Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) Lee YY, Lee SY, Lee SD, Cho KS Int J Environ Res Public Health 12-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9025128
doi:10.3390/ijerph19084629
PMID:35457496
Inventory reveals wide biodiversity of edible insects in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Ishara J, Ayagirwe R, Karume K, Mushagalusa GN, Bugeme D, Niassy S, Udomkun P, Kinyuru J Sci Rep 28-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8799670
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05607-y
PMID:35091646
Evaluating the Protein Value of Fresh Tropical Forage Grasses and Forage Legumes Using In Vitro and Chemical Fractionation Methods Salazar-Cubillas KC, Dickhoefer U Animals (Basel) 29-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8532690
doi:10.3390/ani11102853
PMID:34679873
Influence of arboreal components on the physical-chemical characteristics of the soil under four silvopastoral systems in northeastern Peru Vásquez HV, Valqui L, Bobadilla LG, Arbizu CI, Alegre JC, Maicelo JL Heliyon 08-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8361269
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07725
PMID:34409187
Brazilian Artisanal Cheeses: Diversity, Microbiological Safety, and Challenges for the Sector Pineda AP, Campos GZ, Pimentel-Filho NJ, Franco BD, Pinto UM Front Microbiol 20-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8093504
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.666922
PMID:33959118
Effects of Land-Use Change on the Community Structure of the Dung Beetle (Scarabaeinae) in an Altered Ecosystem in Southern Ecuador Carrión-Paladines V, Fries A, Muñoz A, Castillo E, García-Ruiz R, Marín-Armijos D Insects 30-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8066223
doi:10.3390/insects12040306
PMID:33808282
Rhizobacteria Communities of Phytoremediation Plant Species in Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil of the Sudd Ecosystem, South Sudan Ruley JA, Tumuhairwe JB, Amoding A, Westengen OT, Vinje H Int J Microbiol 24-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7864745
doi:10.1155/2020/6639118
PMID:33574849

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