Acroceras zizanioides
Oat Grass
Also known as: Acroceras oryzoides Stapf +12 more
- Acroceras oryzoides Stapf
- Echinochloa zizanioides (Kunth) Roberty
- Echinolaena zizanioides (Kunth) Roberty
- Panicum balbisianum Schult.
- Panicum dioecum Spreng.
- Panicum grandiflorum Trin. ex Nees
- Panicum guluense Vanderyst
- Panicum lutetense K.Schum.
- Panicum melicoides Poir.
- Panicum ogowense Franch.
- Panicum pseudoryzoides Steud.
- Panicum zizanioides Kunth
- Panicum zizanioides var. microphyllum Döll
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Poaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.
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Acroceras zizanioides (commonly known as Oat Grass) is a grass within the Poaceae family. It naturally occurs in Africa, Tropical Asia, North America, and South America. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in seasonally dry tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Grass
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TROPICAL, NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, East Tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Mexico, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern South America, Papuasia, South Tropical Africa, Southern South America, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Liberia, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Surinam, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zaïre