Cockspur Grass

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
POACEAE
Synonyms
Echinochloa subverticillata Pilg., Panicum crus-galli L.
Common Names
Barnyard Grass (e), Barnyard Millet (e), Blousaadgras (a), Cockspur Grass (e), Hanepootmanna (a), Joang-ba-masimo (ss)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2006/05/22
Assessor(s)
L. Fish, J.E. Victor, F. Cholo & W. Foden
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.


Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.


Citation
Fish, L., Victor, J.E., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2006. Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/22

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