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
- Agrosticula brasiliensis (Raddi) Herter in Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 145 (1940)
- Aira brasiliensis Raddi in Agrostogr. Bras.: 36 (1823)
- Poa airoides (Nees) Kunth in Enum. Pl. 1: 360 (1833), nom. illeg.
- Sporobolus brasiliensis (Raddi) Hack. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 278 (1904)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Airopsis millegrana Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 252 (1874)
- Atropis millegrana Griseb. in Pl. Lorentz.: 204 (1874)
- Eragrostis airoides var. pluriflora Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 137 (1878)
- Eragrostis brasiliensis (Raddi) Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 497 (1829)
- Eragrostis triflora Ekman in Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo 11(4): 42 (1912)
- Megastachya brasiliensis (Raddi) Schult. & Schult.f. in Mant. 3: 620 (1827)
- Poa brasiliensis Raddi in Agrostogr. Bras.: 51 (1823)
- Sporobolus funckii (Steud.) R.Knuth in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 43: 123 (1926)
- Sporobolus ramosissimus Kunth in Révis. Gramin. 1: 269 (1830)
- Vilfa funckii Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 159 (1854)
- Vilfa ramosissima (Kunth) Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 5(2, Bot.): 58 (1839)
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 | ||
| Lorentz [843], Argentina | K000308834 | Yes | |||
| Dombrowski, L.T. [1427], Brazil | K001101507 | Yes | |||
| Dombrowski, L.T. [1508], Brazil | K001101511 | Yes | |||
| Dombrowski, L.T. [2410], Brazil | K001101513 | Yes | |||
| Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [3670], Brazil | K001101519 | Yes | |||
| Burchell [1289], Brazil | K001101520 | Yes | |||
| Clayton, W.D. [4492], Brazil | K001101523 | Yes | |||
| Clayton, W.D. [4179], Brazil | K001101524 | Yes | |||
| Sellow [1840], Brazil | K001101527 | Yes | |||
| Hatschbach, G. [21009], Brazil | K001101504 | Yes | |||
| Pereira, M.L. [386], Brazil | K001101516 | Yes | |||
| Kummrow, R. [191], Brazil | K001101510 | Yes | |||
| Dombrowski, L.T. [1346], Brazil | K001101512 | Yes | |||
| Clayton, W.D. [4412], Brazil | K001101522 | Yes | |||
| Dombrowski, L.T. [5837], Brazil | K001101514 | Yes | |||
| Calyton, W.D. [4207], Brazil | K001101508 | Yes | |||
| Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [3683], Brazil | K001101517 | Yes | |||
| Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [3633], Brazil | K001101518 | Yes | |||
| Hatschbach, G. [3011], Brazil | K001101503 | Yes | |||
| Burchell [1289], Brazil | K001101521 | Yes | |||
| Hatschbach [35893], Brazil | K001101502 | Yes | |||
| Saito, Y. [1316], Brazil | K001101506 | Yes | |||
| Kummrow, R. [393], Brazil | K001101509 | Yes | |||
| Hatschbach, G. [76734], Brazil | K001101525 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.], Argentina | K000308835 | Yes | |||
| Dusén, P. [14575], Brazil | K001101505 | Yes | |||
| Davidse, G. [11043], Brazil | K001101515 | Yes | |||
| Sellow [s.n.], Brazil | K001101526 | 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
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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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
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0