EPPO Global Database

Hyparrhenia rufa(HYRRU)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-07-19

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: HYRRU
  • Preferred name: Hyparrhenia rufa
  • Authority: (Nees) Stapf

Notes

Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand), China, Sénégal to Tchad, Guinée to Cameroon, Centrafrique, Ethiopia, southern Africa generally, Madagascar. Introduced in India, Malesia (Java, Philippines), USA (Florida), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (north to Argentina)

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Andropogon rufus Kunth

Common names
Name Language
jaragua grass English (US)
pasto yaragua Spanish
puntero Spanish (CO)
capim-jaragua Portuguese (BR)
capim-provisorio Portuguese (BR)
capim-vermelho Portuguese (BR)