Eragrostis curvula

Eragrostis curvula

Eragrostis curvula

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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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Eragrostideae
Subtribus: Eragrostidinae
Genus: Eragrostis
Species: Eragrostis curvula

Name

• Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 397 (1841)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Poa curvula Schrad. in Gött. Gel. Anz. 3: 2073 (1821)
• Heterotypic
  • Eragrostis capillifolia Nees in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 403 (1841)
  • Eragrostis chloromelas Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 271 (1854)
  • Eragrostis curvula var. atrata (Schweinf.) Cufod. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 38(Suppl.): 1251 (1968)
  • Eragrostis curvula var. conferta Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 600 (1900)
  • Eragrostis curvula var. conferta Nees in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 398 (1841)
  • Eragrostis curvula var. decolorans Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 244 (1899)
  • Eragrostis curvula var. valida Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 600 (1900)
  • Eragrostis filiformis (Thunb.) Nees in Linnaea 7: 330 (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Eragrostis huillensis Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 242 (1899)
  • Eragrostis jeffreysii Hack. in Proc. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 7(2): 68 (1908)
  • Eragrostis lehmanniana var. ampla Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 602 (1900)
  • Eragrostis poa Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 605 (1900)
  • Eragrostis procerior Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 235 (1899)
  • Eragrostis pubiculmis Jedwabn. in Bot. Arch. 5: 199 (1924)
  • Eragrostis robusta Stent in Bothalia 2: 288 (1927)
  • Eragrostis subulata Nees in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 399 (1841)
  • Eragrostis thunbergiana Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 564 (1840)
  • Eragrostis thunbergiana var. atrata Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2(App. 2): 101 (1894)
  • Eragrostis valida Stent in Bothalia 1: 172 (1923), nom. illeg.
  • Poa atrovirens Nees in Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 397 (1841), nom. illeg.
  • Poa capensis Steud. in Flora 12: 488 (1829)
  • Poa filiformis Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 21 (1794)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africal Regional: Western Africa Angola, Cameroon, Namibia Regional: Central Africa Botswana, Burundi, DR Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Southern Africa Cape , Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Cayman Is., Chile Central, Chile South, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Myanmar, New Guinea, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Northern Territory, NW. Balkan Pen., Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, St.Helena, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Türkey, Uruguay, Utah, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Xinjiang, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1841. Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. Graminae. 490 pp. Glogaviae BHL Reference page.  397.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Eragrostis curvula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Eragrostis curvula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 September 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Eragrostis curvula. Published online. Accessed: September 25 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eragrostis curvula in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: weeping lovegrass, Boer lovegrass, curved lovegrass, Catalina lovegrass, African lovegrass

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