Eragrostis rufescens

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 rufescens Schrad. ex Schult., Mant. 2: 319 (1824)

Homotypic
- Eragrostis inconstans var. rufescens (Schult.) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 495 (1829), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Calotheca cuspidata (Schult.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 348 (1825)
- Eragrostis acicularis Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 406 (1830)
- Eragrostis affinis Salzm. ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 277 (1854)
- Eragrostis cuspidata (Schult.) Link in Hort. Berol. 2: 293 (1833)
- Eragrostis floribunda Schult. in Mant. 2: 319 (1824)
- Eragrostis inconstans Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 495 (1829), nom. illeg.
- Eragrostis multipes S.Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 511 (1895)
- Eragrostis polyneura Jedwabn. in Bot. Arch. 5: 205 (1924)
- Eragrostis rufescens var. interrupta Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 152 (1878)
- Eragrostis rufescens var. mesoamericana Davidse in Novon 2: 101 (1992)
- Eragrostis vahlii var. coarctata Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 155 (1878)
- Megastachya cuspidata Schult. in Mant. 2: 329 (1824)
- Poa acicularis (Trin.) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 1: 342 (1833)
- Poa affinis Salzm. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 357 (1841), pro syn.
- Poa cuspidata Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 72 (1821), nom. illeg.
- Poa floribunda Schrad. in J.A.Schultes, Mant. 2: 319 (1824), pro syn.
- Poa rufescens Schrad. in J.A.Schultes, Mant. 2: 319 (1824), pro syn.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Paraguay, Venezuela
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast

Schultes, J.A. 1824. Mantissa in Volumen Secundum. Systematis Vegetabilium Caroli a Linne ex Editione Joan. Jac. Roemer.... BHL Reference page. ː 2:319.

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