Taxon: Andropogon amethystinus Steud.

Summary

Genus:

Andropogon

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Andropogoninae

Nomen number:

104777

Place of publication:

Syn. pl. glumac. 1:371. 1854

Verified:

03/14/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon pratensis Hack.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 1153.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea		Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia	Arusi	Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia	Bale	Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia	Gemu Gefa	Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia	Gojam	Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia	Gonder	Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia	Kefa	Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia	Shewa	Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia	Sidamo	Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Lesotho		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 1153.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 1153.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Free State	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 1153.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 1153.
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria		Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen		Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia [Arusi, Bale, Gemu Gefa, Gojam, Gonder, Kefa, Shewa, Sidamo]
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal]

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India

Reference(s)

Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 1153.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1995. Flora of Ethiopia 7:323:324. Note: Eritrea added in 2000

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=104777. Accessed 12 May 2026.