Eriochloa

Eriochloa procera

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: E. acuminata – E. aristata – E. australiensis – E. barbatus – E. boliviensis – E. boxiana – E. brasiliensis – E. contracta – E. crebra – E. distachya – E. fatmensis – E. grandiflora – E. lemmonii – E. longiflora – E. macclounii – E. meyeriana – E. michauxii – E. montevidensis – E. nana – E. nelsonii – E. pacifica – E. parvispiculata – E. peruviana – E. procera – E. pseudoacrotricha – E. punctata – E. rovumensis – E. sericea – E. setosa – E. stapfiana – E. stevensii – E. subulifera – E. succincta – E. tridentata – E. villosa – E. weberbaueri

Name

Eriochloa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 94 (1816)

• Type species: Eriochloa distachya Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 95 (1816)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Helopus Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 103 (1820)
  • Oedipachne Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 51 (1827), nom. inval.
  • Aglycia Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 37 (1840), pro syn.
  • Alycia Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 66 (1840), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Alabama, Aldabra, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Maryland, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South European Russi, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Ascension, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central European Rus, Chagos Archipelago, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., District of Columbia, East European Russia, Fiji, Hawaii, Iowa, Marianas, New York, Ogasawara-shoto, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Samoa, South Dakota, St.Helena, Tonga, Ukraine, West Siberia, Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1816 ["1815"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 1 (quarto ed.). LVIII+377 pp., tt. 1–96. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 1: 94–95, pl. 30, 31.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Eriochloa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 2. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Eriochloa. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Eriochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Eriochloa. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.

Vernacular names

English: Cupgrass
فارسی: چمن بهاره
日本語: ナルコビエ属
한국어: 나도개피속
മലയാളം: എറിയോക്ലോവ
русский: Шерстняк
中文: 野黍属

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