Eragrostis
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Eragrostis

grass
lovegrass
stinkgrass

Hierarchical position of the Genus Eragrostis

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Poales Small
pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.
  
   Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh.
pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons.
common name: Gramineae
  
   Subtribus  Eragrostidinae C. Presl
pub. Reliq. Haenk. 1: 273. Jan-Jun 1830.
  
   Genus  Eragrostis Wolf
pub. (1776)
  

Named members of the Genus Eragrostis

1
   Species  abyssinica (Jacq.) Link
syn. Eragrostis tef
2
   Species  acuta A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Eragrostis refracta
3
   Species  airoides Nees
common name: darnel lovegrass
4
   Species  amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees
syn. Eragrostis tenella
5
   Species  arida A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Eragrostis pectinacea var. miserrima
6
   Species  atherstonii Stapf.
syn. Eragrostis trichophora
7
   Species  atropioides Hbd.
common name: hardstem lovegrass
8
   Species  atrovirens (Desv.) Trin. ex Steud.
common name: thalia lovegrass
9
   Species  bahiensis (Schrad. ex J.A. Schultes) J.A. Schultes
common name: Bahia lovegrass
10
   Species  barrelieri Daveau
common name: Mediterranean lovegrass
11
   Species  brownei (Kunth ex Chapman) Nees ex Steud.
syn. Eragrostis cumingii
12
   Species  campestris Trin.
syn. Eragrostis refracta
13
   Species  capillaris (L.) Nees
common name: lace grass
14
   Species  caroliniana auct. non (Spreng.) Scribn.
syn. Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea
15
   Species  chariis auct. non (J.A. Schultes) A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Eragrostis atrovirens
16
   Species  chloromelas Steud.
syn. Eragrostis curvula
17
   Species  cilianensis (All.) Vign. ex Janchen
common name: stinkgrass, snake grass
  
18
   Species  ciliaris (L.) R. Br.
common name: gophertail lovegrass
19
   Species  cumingii Steud.
common name: Cuming's lovegrass
20
   Species  curtipedicellata Buckl.
common name: gummy lovegrass
21
   Species  curvula (Schrad.) Nees
common name: weeping love grass
  
 
22
   Varietas  conferta Stapf
syn. Eragrostis curvula
23
   Species  cylindriflora Hochst.
common name: cylinderflower lovegrass
24
   Species  cyperoides (Thunb.) Beauv.
syn. Cladoraphis cyperoides
25
   Species  deflexa A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Pacific lovegrass
26
   Species  diffusa Buckl.
syn. Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea
27
   Species  domingensis (Pers.) Steud.
syn. Eragrostis prolifera
28
   Species  echinochloidea Stapf
common name: African lovegrass
29
   Species  elliottii S. Wats.
common name: field lovegrass
30
   Species  elongata (Willd.) Jacq. f.
common name: long lovegrass
31
   Species  eragrostis (L.) Beauv.
syn. Eragrostis minor
32
   Species  erosa Scribn.
common name: Chihuahuan lovegrass
33
   Species  falcata sensu A.S. Hitchc., non Gaud. ex Steud.
syn. Eragrostis paupera
34
   Species  floridana A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Eragrostis trichocolea var. floridana
35
   Species  fosbergii Whitney
common name: Fosberg's lovegrass
36
   Species  frankii C.A. Mey. ex Steud.
 
37
   Varietas  brevipes Fassett
syn. Eragrostis frankii
38
   Species  gangetica (Roxb.) Steud.
common name: slimflower lovegrass
39
   Species  glomerata (Walt.) L.H. Dewey
syn. Eragrostis japonica
40
   Species  glutinosa (Sw.) Trin.
common name: sticky lovegrass
41
   Species  grandis Hbd.
 
42
   Varietas  oligantha Hbd.
syn. Eragrostis grandis
43
   Varietas  polyantha Hbd.
syn. Eragrostis grandis
44
   Species  hirsuta (Michx.) Nees
 
45
   Varietas  laevivaginata Fern.
syn. Eragrostis hirsuta
46
   Species  horizontalis Peter
syn. Eragrostis cylindriflora
47
   Species  hosakai O. Deg.
syn. Eragrostis leptostachya
48
   Species  hypnoides (Lam.) B.S.P.
common name: teal lovegrass
49
   Species  intermedia A.S. Hitchc.
common name: plains lovegrass
50
   Species  japonica (Thunb.) Trin.
common name: pond lovegrass
51
   Species  lehmanniana Nees
common name: Lehmann lovegrass
52
   Species  leptophylla A.S. Hitchc.
common name: mountain lovegrass
53
   Species  leptostachya (R. Br.) Steud.
common name: Australian lovegrass
54
   Species  lugens Nees
common name: mourning lovegrass
55
   Species  lutescens Scribn.
common name: sixweeks lovegrass
56
   Species  major Host
syn. Eragrostis cilianensis
57
   Species  mauiensis A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Maui lovegrass
58
   Species  megastachya (Koel.) Link
syn. Eragrostis cilianensis
common name: snake grass, stink grass
  
59
   Species  mexicana (Hornem.) Link
 
60
   Subspecies  mexicana
common name: Mexican lovegrass
61
   Subspecies  virescens (J. Presl) S.D. Koch & S�nchez
common name: Mexican lovegrass
62
   Species  minor Host
common name: little lovegrass
63
   Species  monticola (Gaud.) Hbd.
common name: kalamalo
64
   Species  multicaulis Steud.
syn. Eragrostis pilosa
65
   Species  neomexicana Vasey ex L.H. Dewey
syn. Eragrostis mexicana ssp. mexicana
66
   Species  niihauensis Whitney
syn. Eragrostis variabilis
67
   Species  nutans auct. non (Retz.) Nees ex Steud.
syn. Eragrostis atrovirens
68
   Species  obtusiflora (Fourn.) Scribn.
common name: alkali lovegrass
69
   Species  orcuttiana Vasey
syn. Eragrostis mexicana ssp. virescens
70
   Species  oxylepis (Torr.) Torr.
syn. Eragrostis secundiflora ssp. oxylepis
71
   Species  palmeri S. Wats.
common name: Rio Grande lovegrass
72
   Species  parviflora (R. Br.) Trin.
common name: smallflower lovegrass
73
   Species  paupera Jedw.
common name: Oahu lovegrass
74
   Species  pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
 
75
   Varietas  miserrima (Fourn.) J. Reeder
common name: desert lovegrass
76
   Varietas  pectinacea
common name: tufted lovegrass
77
   Varietas  tracyi (A.S. Hitchc.) P.M. Peterson
common name: Sanibel Island lovegrass
78
   Species  perplexa L.H. Harvey
syn. Eragrostis pilosa
79
   Species  pilifera Scheele
syn. Eragrostis trichodes
80
   Species  pilosa (L.) Beauv.
 
81
   Varietas  perplexa (L.H. Harvey) S.D. Koch
syn. Eragrostis pilosa
82
   Species  plana Nees
common name: South African lovegrass
83
   Species  poaeoides Beauv. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
syn. Eragrostis minor
84
   Species  prolifera (Sw.) Steud.
common name: Dominican lovegrass
85
   Species  purshii hort. ex Schrad.
syn. Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea
86
   Species  refracta (Muhl.) Scribn.
common name: coastal lovegrass
87
   Species  reptans (Michx.) Nees
syn. Neeragrostis reptans
88
   Species  scaligera Salzm. ex Steud.
common name: tender lovegrass
89
   Species  secundiflora J. Presl
 
90
   Subspecies  oxylepis (Torr.) S.D. Koch
common name: red lovegrass
91
   Species  sessilispica Buckl.
common name: tumble lovegrass
92
   Species  setifolia Nees
common name: bristleleaf lovegrass
93
   Species  silveana Swallen
common name: Silveus' lovegrass
94
   Species  simplex Scribn.
syn. Eragrostis cumingii
95
   Species  spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
common name: purple love grass
  
 
96
   Varietas  sparsihirsuta Farw.
syn. Eragrostis spectabilis
97
   Species  spicata Vasey
common name: spike lovegrass
98
   Species  stenophylla auct. non Hochst. ex Miq.
syn. Eragrostis gangetica
99
   Species  suaveolens Becker ex Claus
common name: candy lovegrass
100
   Species  superba Peyr.
common name: Wilman lovegrass
101
   Species  swallenii A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Swallen's lovegrass
102
   Species  tef (Zuccagni) Trotter
common name: teff, love grass
  
103
   Species  tenella (L.) Beauv. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
common name: Japanese lovegrass
104
   Species  tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud.
common name: elastic grass
105
   Species  tephrosanthos J.A. Schultes
syn. Eragrostis pectinacea var. miserrima
106
   Species  tracyi A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Eragrostis pectinacea var. tracyi
107
   Species  trichocolea Hack. & Arech.
 
108
   Varietas  floridana (A.S. Hitchc.) Witherspoon
common name: hairysheath lovegrass
109
   Species  trichodes (Nutt.) Wood
common name: sand love grass
  
 
110
   Varietas  pilifera (Scheele) Fern.
syn. Eragrostis trichodes
111
   Species  trichophora Coss. & Dur.
common name: hairyflower lovegrass
112
   Species  unioloides (Retz.) Nees ex Steud.
common name: Chinese lovegrass
113
   Species  urbaniana A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Urban's lovegrass
114
   Species  variabilis (Gaud.) Steud.
common name: kawelu
115
   Species  virescens J. Presl
syn. Eragrostis mexicana ssp. virescens
116
   Species  virginica (Zucc. ex Roemer) Steud.
syn. Eragrostis scaligera
117
   Species  von Wolf
common name: lovegrass
118
   Species  weigeltiana (Reichenb. ex Trin.) Bush
syn. Neeragrostis reptans
119
   Species  whitneyi Fosberg
 
120
   Varietas  caumii Fosberg
syn. Eragrostis paupera

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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