Eriochloa acuminata

Eriochloa acuminata

Eriochloa acuminata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Melinidinae
Genus: Eriochloa
Species: Eriochloa acuminata

Name

Eriochloa acuminata (J.Presl) Kunth, 1833

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Helopus acuminatus (J.Presl) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 747 (1840)
  • Piptatherum acuminatum J.Presl, C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 221 (1830)
• Heterotypic
  • Eriochloa acuminata var. minor (Vasey) R.B.Shaw, Sida 12: 174 (1987)
  • Eriochloa gracilis (E.Fourn.) Hitchc., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 23: 455 (1933)
  • Eriochloa gracilis var. minor (Vasey) Hitchc., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 23: 456 (1933)
  • Eriochloa lemmonii var. gracilis (E.Fourn.) Gould, Leafl. W. Bot. 6: 51 (1950)
  • Eriochloa lemmonii var. minor (Vasey) Beetle, Phytologia 54: 2 (1983)
  • Eriochloa punctata var. minor Vasey, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 21 (1892)
  • Helopus gracilis E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 13 (1886)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest Regional: Northern Central USA Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia Regional: Southwestern USA California Regional: Southeastern USA Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Alabama, Japan, New York References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S. 1833. Enumeratio plantarum omnium hucusque cognitarum, secundum familias naturales disposita, adjectis characteribus, differentiis et synonymis. Tomus Primum. Enumeratio Xyridearum, Mayacearum, Commelynearum, Pontederiacearum, Melanthacearum, Uvulariearum, Liliacearum et Asphodelearum ... Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stutgardiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. : 1:72.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eriochloa acuminata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Eriochloa acuminata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Eriochloa acuminata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eriochloa acuminata. Published online. Accessed: October 25 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eriochloa acuminata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Vernacular names

English: tapertip cupgrass

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