Eragrostis hypnoides

Eragrostis hypnoides

Eragrostis hypnoides

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 hypnoides

Name

Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 69 (1888)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Erosion hypnoides (Lam.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 221 (1915)
  • Megastachya hypnoides (Lam.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 74 (1812)
  • Neeragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Bush in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 13: 180 (1903)
  • Poa hypnoides Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 185 (1791)
• Heterotypic
  • Eragrostis reptans var. contracta Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 148 (1878)
  • Eragrostis reptans var. laxior Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 148 (1878)
  • Eragrostis reptans var. pygmaea Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 149 (1878)
  • Megastachya gouinii E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 119 (1886)
  • Poa carinata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 86 (1804)
  • Poa dioica Michx. ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 87 (1804), pro syn.
  • Poa hypnoides var. capitata Desv. in Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 205 (1831)
  • Poa hypnoides var. glabra Desv. in Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 205 (1831)
  • Poa hypnoides var. laxa Desv. in Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 205 (1831)
  • Poa mnioides Rich. ex E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 119 (1886), pro syn.
  • Poa reptans var. caespitosa Torr. in Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 115 (1823)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: America Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming Introduced into: Germany References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L., Sterns, E.E. & Poggenburg, J.F. 1888. Preliminary Catalogue of Anthophyta and Pteridophyta reported as growing spontaneously within one hundred miles of New York City. v–xi, 1–90. BHL Reference page. ː 69

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 hypnoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Eragrostis hypnoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 September 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Eragrostis hypnoides. Published online. Accessed: September 26 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eragrostis hypnoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: teal lovegrass

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