Hyparrhenia rufa

Hyparrhenia rufa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Hyparrhenia
Species:
H. rufa
Binomial name
Hyparrhenia rufa
(Nees) Stapf
Synonyms
Synonyms
  • Andropogon altissimus
  • Andropogon bonangensis
  • Andropogon bouangensis
  • Andropogon fulvicomus
  • Andropogon hirtus
  • Andropogon rufus
  • Andropogon xanthoblepharis
  • Andropogon yinduensis
  • Cymbopogon rufus
  • Hyparrhenia altissima
  • Hyparrhenia fulvicoma
  • Hyparrhenia parvispiculata
  • Hyparrhenia yunnanensis
  • Sorghum rufum
  • Sorghum xanthoblepharis
  • Trachypogon rufus

Hyparrhenia rufa is a species of grass known by the common names jaraguá, jaraguá grass, and giant thatching grass. It is native to Africa and it is widespread in the world as a cultivated forage and fodder for livestock and a naturalized and sometimes invasive species.

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