Bothriochloa insculpta(Hochst. ex A.Rich.) A.Camus

sweetpitted grass

WFO wfo-0000853792 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Bothriochloa insculpta, photographed by Ryan Donnelly
fig. a Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-22 / obs. 199921855
Bothriochloa insculpta, photographed by Ryan Donnelly
fig. b Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199921875
Bothriochloa insculpta, photographed by Ryan Donnelly
fig. c Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199921862
Bothriochloa insculpta, photographed by Ryan Donnelly
fig. d Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199921884

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Bothriochloa insculpta is native: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India, West Himalaya, Greece, Sicilia AngolaBotswanaBurundiCape ProvincesCongoDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTunisiaUgandaWestern SaharaZambiaZimbabweOmanSaudi ArabiaYemenIndiaWest HimalayaGreeceSicilia Canary Is.Cape Verde
Native distribution of Bothriochloa insculpta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Burundi BUR
Canary Is. CNY
Cape Provinces CPP
Cape Verde CVI
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Morocco MOR
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Tunisia TUN
Uganda UGA
Western Sahara WSA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Oman OMA ASIA-TEMPERATE
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM
Greece GRC EUROPE
Sicilia SIC

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Amphilophis insculpta (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf
  • Andropogon bifoveolatus Steud.
  • Andropogon insculptus Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Andropogon pertusus subvar. trifoveolatus Hack.
  • Andropogon pertusus var. capensis Hack.
  • Andropogon pertusus var. hirtus Chiov.
  • Andropogon pertusus var. insculptus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Hack.
  • Andropogon pertusus var. maroccanus Maire
  • Andropogon subunifoveolatus Steud.
  • Bothriochloa insculpta var. hirta (Chiov.) Cufod.
  • Bothriochloa insculpta var. insculpta
  • Bothriochloa parameswaranii Sreek., Malathi & V.J.Nair
  • Bothriochloa pertusa var. maroccana (Maire) Maire
  • Dichanthium insculptum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Clayton

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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