Eragrostis trichodes

Eragrostis trichodes

Eragrostis trichodes

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 trichodes

Name

Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt.) Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot.: 796 (1861)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Poa trichodes Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 146 (1835)
• Heterotypic
  • Eragrostis capillacea Jedwabn. in Bot. Arch. 4: 196 (1924)
  • Eragrostis grandiflora J.G.Sm. & Bush in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 6: 117 (1895)
  • Eragrostis pilifera Scheele in Linnaea 22: 344 (1849)
  • Eragrostis tenuis A.Gray in Manual, ed. 6: 632 (1890), nom. illeg.
  • Eragrostis tenuis var. texensis Vasey in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 59 (1890)
  • Eragrostis trichodes var. pilifera (Scheele) Fernald in Rhodora 40: 331 (1938)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Central & Eastern USA Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Introduced into: France, Germany, India, Japan, Maryland, Saudi Arabia Recorded in error in: Saudi Arabia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wood, A., 1861. A Class-book of Botany. Editon of 1861 :796.

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 trichodes 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. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Eragrostis trichodes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 September 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Eragrostis trichodes. Published online. Accessed: September 30 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eragrostis trichodes in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: sand lovegrass

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