Eragrostis maypurensis (Kunth) Steud.

First published in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 276 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • 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.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D., Peterson, P.M. & Sánchez Vega, I. (2012). The genus Eragrostis (Poaceae : Chloridoideae) in northwestern South America (Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) : morphological and taxonomic studies: 1-195. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

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

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • 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.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

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
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • 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
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 16, 1985 Colombia K001467357 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Burchell [6897], Brazil K001075466 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Burchell [8725-2], Brazil K001075470 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Burchell [8752-5], Brazil K001075471 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Eiten, G. [2986], Brazil K001075477 Yes
Feb 19, 1966 Venezuela K001467380 No
Jan 1, 1965 Eiten, G. [4379], Brazil K001075475 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Eiten, G. [4500], Brazil K001075456 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Eiten, G. [4710], Brazil K001075474 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 G.Eiten [4121], Brazil K001075473 Yes
Jan 1, 1906 Peru K001467381 Yes
Gardner [s.n.], Brazil K001075458 Yes
Spruce, R. [94], Brazil K001075463 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [6137], Brazil K001075465 Yes
Salzmann [s.n.], Brazil K000308811 Yes
Hoehne, W. [3412], Brazil K001075481 Yes
Martius [s.n.], Brazil K001075462 Yes
Burchell [8676-2], Brazil K001075467 Yes
Moricand [s.n.], Brazil K001075461 Yes
Brazil K000308810 Yes
[Gandner] [2338], Brazil K000308808 Yes
Salzman [s.n.], Brazil K001075459 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [2192], México State K000465844 No
Eiten, G. [3058], Brazil K001075478 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001075457 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [1279], Brazil K001075454 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [31875], Brazil K001075452 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [34608], Brazil K001075453 Yes
Imaguire, N. [436], Brazil K001075480 Yes
Glaziou [10155], Brazil K001075460 Yes
Kuhlmann, M. [4124], Brazil K001075464 Yes
Burchell [8688-2], Brazil K001075469 Yes
Ule, E. [8035], Brazil K001075455 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [4716], México State K000465846 No
Brazil K000308809 Yes
Spruce [733], Brazil K001075482 Yes
Baker, C.F. [4], Brazil K001075472 Yes
Lindeman, J.C. [6151], Brazil K001075476 Yes
Eiten, G. [2918], Brazil K001075479 Yes
Burchell [9700], Brazil K001075468 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [9817], Guerrero K000465845 No
Panama K001467354 Yes
Panama K001467355 Yes
Colombia K001467356 Yes
Colombia K001467358 Yes
Colombia K001467359 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4213], Colombia K001467360 Yes
Colombia K001467361 Yes
Colombia K001467362 Yes
Colombia K001467363 Yes
Colombia K001467364 Yes
Colombia K001467365 Yes
Colombia K001467366 Yes
Colombia K001467367 Yes
Venezuela K001467368 Yes
Venezuela K001467369 Yes
Venezuela K001467370 Yes
Venezuela K001467371 Yes
Venezuela K001467372 Yes
Venezuela K001467373 Yes
Venezuela K001467374 Yes
Venezuela K001467375 Yes
Venezuela K001467376 Yes
Venezuela K001467377 Yes
Venezuela K001467378 Yes
Venezuela K001467379 Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0