Eragrostis parviflora

Eragrostis parviflora

Eragrostis parviflora

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 parviflora

Name

Eragrostis parviflora (R.Br.) Trin., 1830

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Poa micrantha Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 344 (1824), nom. superfl.
  • Poa parviflora R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 180 (1810)
• Heterotypic
  • Eragrostis depallens Jedwabn. in Bot. Arch. 5: 207 (1924)
  • Eragrostis novocaledonica Jedwabn. in Bot. Arch. 5: 207 (1924)
  • Eragrostis pellucida (R.Br.) Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 279 (1854)
  • Poa pellucida R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 181 (1810)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia, New Guinea Regional: Papuasia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Solomon Is., South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia Introduced into: Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, Switzerland, Tasmania Recorded in error in: Hawaii References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Trinius, C.B. v., 1830. Mémoires de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles, 1(4):411.

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 parviflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Eragrostis parviflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 September 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Eragrostis parviflora. Published online. Accessed: September 27 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eragrostis parviflora 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

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