Poaceae

Eriochrysis P.Beauv.

First published in Ess. Agrostogr.: 8 (1812)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to India, S. Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.226753. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Ess. Agrost. 8, t. 4, f. 11 (1812)
  • F.T.A. 9: 91 (1917).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Ess. Agrostogr.: 8, fig. 4/11 (1812).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ess. Agrost.: 8, fig. 4/11 (1812)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [8933] Brazil K001106143 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0