Eragrostis leptostachya

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 leptostachya (R.Br.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 279 (1854)

Homotypic
- Poa leptostachya R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 180 (1810)
Heterotypic
- Eragrostis hosakae O.Deg. in Fl. Hawaiiensis 47: [s.p.] (1940)
- Eragrostis molybdea Vickery in Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1: 338 (1951)
- Eragrostis rara Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 395 (1915)
- Poa depauperata G.Don ex D.Don in Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 300 (1821), pro syn.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria Introduced into: Belgium, Easter Is., Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, North Carolina, Switzerland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Steudel, E. 1853–1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. Pars I. Gramineae. 475 pp. J.B.Metzler, Stuttgardiae. BHL Reference page. ː 1:279.

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