Eragrostis mexicana

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 mexicana (Hornem.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 190 (1827)

Homotypic
- Poa mexicana Hornem. in Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 953 (1815)
Heterotypic
- Eragrostis alba J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 279 (1830)
- Eragrostis glandulosa L.H.Harv. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 81: 406 (1954)
- Eragrostis limbata E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 116 (1886)
- Eragrostis limbata f. densiuscula Hack. in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 15: 157 (1909)
- Eragrostis limbata var. major E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 116 (1886)
- Eragrostis mexicana var. pilosior Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 143 (1878)
- Eragrostis mexicana var. pygmaea Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 143 (1878)
- Eragrostis neomexicana Vasey ex L.H.Dewey in Grass. N. Amer. 2: 485 (1896)
- Eragrostis nigricans var. punensis Nicora in Boissiera 54: 65 (1998)
- Eragrostis orcuttiana Vasey in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 269 (1893)
- Eragrostis pauciflora Trin. ex E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 117 (1886)
- Eragrostis purshii var. major E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 116 (1886)
- Eragrostis virescens subsp. verloovei Portal in Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest, n.s., 33: 6 (2002 publ. 2003)
- Poa alba (J.Presl) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 1: 343 (1833)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Canada to Argentina
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Chile North, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Oregon, Panamá, Peru, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Washington
- Introduced into:
  - Austria, Azores, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Netherlands, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Territory, Ontario, Poland, Portugal, Queensland, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Switzerland, Victoria, Western Australia, Wisconsin

Link, H.F. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis descriptus. Tomus I. VIII + 384 pp., G. Reimer, Berlin. BHL Reference page. 1:190.

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