Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis secundiflora J.Presl

First published in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 276 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. U.S.A. to S. Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Guyana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Peru, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Virginia

Introduced into:

California

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

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.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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/.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Wood, J.R.I. [20684] Bolivia K001467382 Yes
May 1, 1998 Bona Nascimento, M.S.; Renvoize, S.A. [1289] Brazil K001075252 Yes
Gould, F.W. [11001] United States K002948242 Yes
[Webber] [G.9] Brazil K001075255 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [1666] United States K002948212 Yes
Mueller, F. [s.n.] Mexico K002948606 Yes
Combs, R. [211] United States K002948203 Yes
Gould, F.W. [s.n.] United States K002948255 Yes
Drummond [288] United States K002948247 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K002948214 Yes
Smith, A.C. [2362] Guyana K002949433 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K002948601 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] United States K002948246 Yes
Isely, D. [10650] United States K002948220 Yes
s.coll. [735] K002948259 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Guimarães, O. [21993] Brazil K001075256 Yes
Gould, F.W. [12533] United States K002948254 Yes
Burchell [5413-3] Brazil K001075254 Yes
Schwab, C. [388] United States K002948217 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [3312] United States K002948210 Yes
Reverchon, J. [3501A] United States K002948239 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [735] United States K002948237 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10098] United States K002948226 Yes
Bush, B.F. [239] United States K002948238 Yes
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil K000308813 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baker, W.T. [1784] United States K002948205 Yes
Gould, F.W. [10951] United States K002948221 Yes
Schwab, C. [451] United States K002948218 Yes
Isely, D. [10675] United States K002948219 Yes
Wright [s.n.] United States K002948241 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Soderstrom, T.R. [7025] Brazil K001075248 Yes
Drummond [309] United States K002948250 Yes
Hall, E. [787] United States K002948232 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [s.n.] United States K002948215 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10104a] United States K002948222 Yes
s.coll. [75] United States K002948248 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] United States K002948235 Yes
Burchell [8266] Brazil K001075258 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10178] United States K002948224 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10168] United States K002948225 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10593] United States K002948227 Yes
Harvey, L.H. [8549] Mexico K002948602 Yes
s.coll. [328] United States K002948234 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [58] Guyana K002949432 No
[G. C. Healley] [s.n.] United States K002948251 Yes
Drummond [328] United States K002948236 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K002948213 Yes
Ungar, I. [1042] United States K002948204 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10109] United States K002948229 Yes
Heller, A.A. [s.n.] United States K002948245 Yes
Gould, F.W. [12405] United States K002948216 Yes
Ricker, P.L. [873] United States K002948206 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10191] United States K002948223 Yes
s.coll. [734] K002948260 Yes
Fendler, A. [913] United States K002948258 Yes
Drummond [321] United States K002948240 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [734] United States K002948244 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Hatschbach, M.; Ribas, O.S.; Carneiro, J. [75619] Brazil K001075247 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10582] United States K002948257 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K002949434 No
Swallen, J.R. [10107] United States K002948230 Yes
s.coll. [712] Mexico K002948607 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [1628] United States K002948211 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [2617] Brazil K001075253 Yes
Harvey, L.H. [1833] United States K002948208 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K002948605 Yes
Burchell [7171-2] Brazil K001075257 Yes
Feliciano Kú, Q.B.A.; Yam [209] Mexico K002948609 Yes
Bolland, G. [s.n.] Brazil K001075249 Yes
Harvey, L.H. [8056] United States K002948228 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [5450] United States K002948243 Yes
Liebmann [48] Mexico K002948604 Yes
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil K000308812 Isotype Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [s.n.] Mexico K002948608 Yes
Pohl, R.W. [8170] United States K002948207 Yes
Harvey, L.H. [1831] United States K002948209 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [4577] Brazil K001075251 Yes
s.coll. [75] United States K002948249 Yes
Myers, J.G. [5508] Guyana K002949431 No
Lasseigne, A.; Lackey, J. [s.n.] United States K002948256 Yes
Philcox, D.; Onishi, E. [4938] Brazil K001075250 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7789] United States K002948252 Yes
Drummond [7B] United States K002948233 Yes
Liebmann [538] Mexico K002948603 Yes
Hall, E. [786] United States K002948231 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [20684], Bolivia K001467382 Yes

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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    • 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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