EPPO Global Database

Andropogon gayanus(ANOGA)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-19

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ANOGA
  • Preferred name: Andropogon gayanus
  • Authority: Kunth

Notes

Practically all Africa (except Congo, Kenya and Cape). Introduced in Indochina (Laos), Malesia (Philippines), Mexico, Caribbean (Cuba), South America (Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil), Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Andropogon gayanus var. gayanus Kunth
Andropogon gayanus var. genuinus Hackel

Common names
Name Language
bluegrass English
gamba grass English
Rhodesian bluegrass English