Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis airoides Nees

First published in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 509 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to Venezuela, Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Cuba, Texas

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • USDA, NRCS (2005- continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 2, 1970 Venezuela K001467208 Yes
Rosengurtt, B. [B 5712] Uruguay K002949595 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4412] Brazil K001101522 Yes
Rosengurtt, B. [B 8409] Uruguay K002949598 Yes
Job, M.M. [1172] Argentina K002949588 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [3683] Brazil K001101517 Yes
Kummrow, R. [191] Brazil K001101510 Yes
Sellow [1840] Brazil K001101527 Yes
Burchell [1289] Brazil K001101520 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [3633] Brazil K001101518 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.; Saito, Y. [1427] Brazil K001101507 Yes
Rossengurtt [B 3213] Uruguay K002949599 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [3011] Brazil K001101503 Yes
Calyton, W.D. [4207] Brazil K001101508 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4179] Brazil K001101524 Yes
Burchell [1289] Brazil K001101521 Yes
s.coll. [49] Brazil K002949589 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4545] Colombia K001467201 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [3759] Argentina K002949587 Yes
Dusén, P. [14575] Brazil K001101505 Yes
Ventania, P. [123] Argentina K002949590 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.; Saito, Y. [1508] Brazil K001101511 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Hatschbach, M.; Barbosa, E. [76734] Brazil K001101525 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4492] Brazil K001101523 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001101526 Yes
Lorentz, P.G.; Hieronymus, G. [843] Argentina K000308834 Type Yes
Kummrow, R. [393] Brazil K001101509 Yes
Davidse, G.; Ramamoorthy, T.P.; Vital, D.M. [11043] Brazil K001101515 Yes
Rosengurtt, B. [B 1737] Uruguay K002949597 Yes
Rosengurtt, B. [B 1637] Uruguay K002949600 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [21009] Brazil K001101504 Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [3670] Brazil K001101519 Yes
Venturi, S. [6722] Argentina K002949591 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Argentina K000308835 Type Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K002949594 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T.; Kuniyoshi, Y.S. [2410] Brazil K001101513 Yes
Pereira, M.L. [386] Brazil K001101516 Yes
Caponio, I.; Urbani, M. [74] Argentina K002949593 Yes
Saito, Y.; Kuniyoshi, N. [1316] Brazil K001101506 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [1346] Brazil K001101512 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [5837] Brazil K001101514 Yes
Rosengurtt, B. [B 5712] Uruguay K002949596 Yes
Hatschbach; Pedersen, T.M. [35893] Brazil K001101502 Yes
Cabrera, A.L.; Sáenz, A.A. [29098] Argentina K002949592 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4545], Colombia K001467201 Yes
Venezuela K001467202 Yes
Venezuela K001467203 Yes
Venezuela K001467204 Yes
Venezuela K001467205 Yes
Venezuela K001467206 Yes
Venezuela K001467207 Yes
Venezuela K001467209 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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