Poaceae
Eleusine

Eleusine tristachya (Lam.) Lam.

First published in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 203 (1792)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil to S. South America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile South, Juan Fernández Is., Paraguay, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Alabama, Austria, Azores, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile North, Colombia, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Free State, Germany, Hungary, Illinois, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, Madeira, Mexico Central, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Northern Provinces, Oregon, Queensland, South Australia, Spain, Tasmania, Transcaucasus, Victoria, Virginia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hadinec, J. & Lustyk, P. (eds.) (2014). Additamenta ad floram Reipublicae Bohemicae. XII. Zprávy Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 49: 73-206.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jeanmonod, D. & Schlüssel, A. (éd.) (2012). Notes et contributions à la flore de Corse, XXIV. Candollea 67: 293-321.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wallnöfer, B. (2014). Über die Verbreitung von Eleusine indica und E. tristachya (Gramineae) in Österreich. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 116: 181-190.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hadinec, J. & Lustyk, P. (eds.) (2014). Additamenta ad floram Reipublicae Bohemicae. XII. Zprávy Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 49: 73-206.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jeanmonod, D. & Schlüssel, A. (éd.) (2012). Notes et contributions à la flore de Corse, XXIV. Candollea 67: 293-321.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wallnöfer, B. (2014). Über die Verbreitung von Eleusine indica und E. tristachya (Gramineae) in Österreich. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 116: 181-190.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Dempewolf, H., Eastwood, R. J., Guarino, L., Khoury, C. K., Müller, J. V. & Toll, J. (2014). Adapting agriculture to climate change: a global initiative to collect, conserve, and use crop wild relatives. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38, 369-377.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Henderson, R. [H375] Australia K002407350 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A.; Grondona, E. [23285] Argentina K000731163 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G. [33882] Brazil K002408646 Yes
Reineck, E.M. [s.n.] Brazil K002408652 Yes
Story, R. [7073] Australia K002407354 Yes
Job, M.M. [649] Argentina K000731166 Yes
Montes, J.E. [1841] Argentina K002090684 No
Palacios-Cuezzo [2422] Brazil K000731167 Yes
Hassler, E. [1396] Paraguay K002408666 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K002408657 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [833] Argentina K002090711 Yes
Dony, J.G.; Dony, C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002406876 Yes
Woolston, A.L. [[G]44] Paraguay K002408660 Yes
Herter [30a] Uruguay K002090698 Yes
Madden, C. [[K 7]] New Zealand K002407363 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002406872 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [14136] United Kingdom K002406873 Yes
Montes, J.E. [1841] Argentina K002090713 Yes
Kneucker, A. [s.n.] Argentina K002090686 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [23824] South Africa K002408358 Yes
Isabelle, M. [s.n.] Brazil K002408650 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9421] Bolivia K002090666 Yes
Naranjo, C.A. [7] Argentina K002090706 Yes
Blake, S.T. [23566] Australia K002407349 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uruguay K002090694 Yes
Felippone, F. [4578] Uruguay K002090700 Yes
Rojas, C. [1619] Bolivia K002090664 Yes
Hunziker, J.H. [8050] Argentina K000731162 Yes
Sennen (Fr.) [s.n.] Spain K002406857 Yes
Glaziou, A. [20117] Brazil K002408653 Yes
Chonono, V.; Saavedra, R. [196] Bolivia K002090667 Yes
Felippone, F. [4567] Uruguay K002090699 Yes
Beck, S. [2626] Bolivia K002090665 Yes
s.coll. [280] Portugal K002406932 Yes
Burkart, A. [21043] Argentina K002090708 Yes
Beck, S. [3227] Bolivia K002090662 Yes
Verna, H. [s.n.] Argentina K002090709 Yes
Hunt, T.C. [s.n.] Portugal K002406931 Yes
Fiebrig, K. [388] Paraguay K002408661 Yes
Gilbert [643] Argentina K002090692 No
Coro [1297] Bolivia K002090663 Yes
Brücher, H.; Brücher, O. [44] Argentina K000731169 Yes
Rodway, F.A. [2349] Australia K002407353 Yes
Cordeiro, J.; Barbosa, E. [985] Brazil K002408655 Yes
Rawdon, P. [97] Spain K002406855 Yes
Hassler, E. [10797] Paraguay K002408662 Yes
Stuckert, T.; Kneucker, A. [449] Argentina K002090710 Yes
Hiremath; Salimath [163] Belgium K002406854 Yes
Venturi, S. [479] Argentina K002090687 Yes
Jorgensen, P. [3463] Paraguay K002408663 Yes
Bannister, C.W. [C] United Kingdom K002406877 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002408658 Yes
Venturi, S. [9855] Argentina K002090712 Yes
s.coll. [280] Portugal K002406933 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uruguay K002090695 Yes
Morong, T. [68] Paraguay K002408664 Yes
C. Itu[ria] [65309] Argentina K002090688 Yes
Bofill, A.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] Spain K002406856 Yes
Montes, J.E. [3406] Argentina K000731168 Yes
Graham, M. [200] Portugal K002406929 Yes
Godman, F.D. [s.n.] Portugal K002406930 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [03127] South Africa K002408357 Yes
s.coll. [65-309] Argentina K000731161 No
Ellis, R.P. [03127 ] South Africa K002408360 Yes
Job, M.M. [604] Argentina K000731164 Yes
Zardini, E.; Velázquez, U. [18939] Paraguay K002408665 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] K000907233 Unknown Type Material Yes
Berro, M.B. [7415] Uruguay K002090702 Yes
Galander, C. [s.n.] Argentina K002090691 No
[Fasery Brooke] [54] Bolivia K002090669 Yes
Felippone, F. [5126] Uruguay K002090701 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4376] Brazil K002408647 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [2236] United Kingdom K002406874 Yes
Venturi, S. [9855] Argentina K002090683 Yes
White, C.T. [10293] Australia K002407356 Yes
Mason, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002406875 Yes
Balansa, B. [207] Paraguay K002408667 Yes
s.coll. [6607] K002090734 Yes
Berro, M.B. [966] Uruguay K002090703 Yes
Davis, W. [s.n.] Argentina K002090707 Yes
Mr. Buck [s.n.] Australia K002407355 Yes
Ryves, T.B.; Clement, E.J. [96CE/001] Chile K002090693 Yes
Hicks, A.J. [244] Australia K002407357 Yes
Gaudin, C.T. [s.n.] K000907232 Unknown Type Material Yes
White, C.T. [s.n.] Australia K002407347 Yes
Renvoize, S. [4696] Bolivia K002090668 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K002408648 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K002408651 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [8266] Australia K002407348 Yes
Gibert, M. [643] Uruguay K002090697 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [1491] Brazil K002408645 Yes
Aguilar, R.M. [1107] Argentina K002090689 No
Woolston, A.L. [[6]17] Paraguay K002408659 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Reitz, R. [12505] Brazil K002408643 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002406871 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K002408656 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Argentina K002090685 No
Job, M.M. [1108] Argentina K000731165 Yes
Blake, S.T. [7181] Australia K002407351 Yes
Arrillaga [219] Uruguay K002090696 Yes
Glaziou, A. [18635] Brazil K002408654 Yes
Davis, W. [s.n.] Argentina K002090704 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4433] Brazil K002408649 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [19822] United States K002408394 Yes
Rambo, B. [38768] Brazil K002408644 Yes
McKie, E.N. [644] Australia K002407352 Yes
Bührmann, A.E. [35] South Africa K002408359 Yes
Davis, W. [s.n.] Argentina K002090705 Yes
n/a [BC-868840] Spain Eleusine barcinonensis K001516733 Yes

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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