Eragrostis brownii

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 brownii (Kunth) Nees in R.Wight, Cat. Indian Pl. 4: 105 (1834)

Homotypic
- Eragrostis atrovirens f. brownii (Kunth) Hack. in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 21: 38 (1915)
- Eragrostis polymorpha (P.Beauv.) Jedwabn. in Bot. Arch. 5: 188 (1924), nom. illeg.
- Megastachya polymorpha P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 74 (1812)
- Poa brownii Kunth in Révis. Gramin. 1: 112 (1829)
- Poa polymorpha R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 180 (1810), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Eragrostis atrovirens var. ramosa Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 45: 298 (1931)
- Eragrostis bellissima B.S.Sun & S.Wang in J. Yunnan Univ. (Nat. Sci. Ed.) 20: 353 (1998)
- Eragrostis benthamii Mattei in Contr. Biol. Veg. 4: 237 (1909)
- Eragrostis browneana Nees in Gramineae: 73 (1841), orth. var.
- Eragrostis brownii var. patens Benth. in Fl. Austral. 7: 647 (1878)
- Eragrostis bulbillifera var. ramosa (Honda) Masam. in Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. 4: 250 (1956)
- Eragrostis molokaiensis H.St.John in Phytologia 64: 177 (1988)
- Eragrostis philippica Jedwabn. in Bot. Arch. 5: 191 (1924)
- Eragrostis santapaui K.G.Bhat & Nagendran in Reinwardtia 10: 127 (1985)
- Eragrostis spartinoides Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 265 (1854)
- Eragrostis urvillei Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 279 (1854)
- Megastachya brownii P.Beauv. ex Kunth in Révis. Gramin. 1: 112 (1829), pro syn.
- Poa brownei Kunth in Révis. Gramin. 1: 112 (1829), orth. var.
- Uniola spicata Llanos in Fragm. Pl. Filip.: 33 (1851), nom. illeg.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Andaman Is., Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is. , Easter Is., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar , Nicobar Is., Philippines, Thailand, Tubuai Is., Sumatera, Vietnam
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, South China Sea, Taiwan,
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Nansei-shoto
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Caledonia, New Guinea,
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
- Introduced into:
  - Great Britain, Hawaii, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Switzerland

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