Eragrostis atrovirens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Eragrostis aegyptiaca ([[|]],

Homotypic
- Eragrostis atroviridis Maire in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 28: 385 (1937), nom. superfl.
- Poa atrovirens Desf. in Fl. Atlant. 1: 73 (1798)
Heterotypic
- Briza elegans Osbeck in Dagb. Ostind. Resa: 246 (1757)
- Eragrostis atrovirens var. fontanesiana Maire in Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 13: 293 (1933), nom. nud.
- Eragrostis atrovirens var. hesperidum Maire in Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 13: 293 (1933)
- Eragrostis biformis (Kunth) Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 568 (1849)
- Eragrostis bromoides Jedwabn. in Bot. Arch. 5: 100 (1924), nom. illeg.
- Eragrostis chariis (Schult.) Hitchc. in Lingnan Sci. J. 7: 193 (1931)
- Eragrostis elegantula Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 266 (1854), nom. illeg.
- Eragrostis fracta S.C.Sun & H.Q.Wang in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19: 513 (1981)
- Eragrostis longispicula S.C.Sun & H.Q.Wang in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19: 513 (1981)
- Eragrostis luzoniensis Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 266 (1854)
- Eragrostis multiflora var. biformis (Kunth) A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 15: 1042 (1935)
- Eragrostis multinodis B.S.Sun & S.Wang in J. Yunnan Univ. (Nat. Sci. Ed.) 20: 355 (1998)
- Eragrostis sudanica A.Chev. in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 471 (1948)
- Poa biformis Kunth in Révis. Gramin. 2: 471 (1831)
- Poa chariis Schult. in Mant. 2: 314 (1824)
- Poa elegans Roxb. in Fl. Ind. 1: 339 (1832), nom. illeg.
- Poa elegantula Kunth in Révis. Gramin. 1: 114 (1829), nom. superfl.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regional: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
  - Algeria, Angola, Assam, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Colombia, Cuba, Easter Is., El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Peru, Queensland, Réunion, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

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USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eragrostis atrovirens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page.