Eragrostis tephrosanthos

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 tephrosanthos Schult., Mant. 2: 316 (1824)

Heterotypic
- Eragrostis arida Hitchc. in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 23: 449 (1933)
- Eragrostis diffusa var. arida (Hitchc.) Beetle in Phytologia 37: 317 (1977)
- Eragrostis jacquinii Schrad. in Linnaea 12: 450 (1838)
- Eragrostis parvula Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 267 (1854)
- Eragrostis pectinacea var. miserrima (E.Fourn.) Reeder in Phytologia 60: 154 (1986)
- Eragrostis purshii var. genuina E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 116 (1886)
- Eragrostis purshii var. miserrima E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 116 (1886)
- Eragrostis purshii var. miserrina E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 116 (1886)
- Eragrostis purshii var. pauciflora E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 116 (1886), nom. nud.
- Poa delicatula Schrad. in Linnaea 12: 448 (1838), nom. nud.
- Poa havanensis Willd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 360 (1841), nom. nud.
- Poa tephrosanthos Spreng. ex Schult. in Mant. 2: 316 (1824), pro syn.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi
- Regional: Southwestern USA
  - Arizona, California, Colorado
- Regional: Southern Central USA
  - Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah
- Regional: Northeastern USA
  - New York, Pennsylvania
- Regional: Canada
  - Ontario
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Aruba, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Southeast
- Regional: Central America
  - El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Western South America
  - Peru
- Introduced into:
  - Argentina Northeast, Austria, Vermont

Schultes, J.A. 1824. Mantissa in Volumen Secundum. Systematis Vegetabilium Caroli a Linne ex Editione Joan. Jac. Roemer.... BHL Reference page. ː 2: 316

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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Eragrostis tephrosanthos in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 30. Reference page.
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