Poaceae
Eragrostis

Eragrostis bahiensis Schult.

First published in Mant. 2: 318 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Alabama, Belgium, Caroline Is., Florida, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Louisiana, New Jersey, Queensland, South Carolina, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • 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.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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

  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, 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.
  • 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/.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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?
Feb 28, 1986 Loureiro, R.L. [96] Brazil K001075338 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Araujo, D. [3588] Brazil K001075312 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M. [13803] Brazil K001075337 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Hassler, E. [10380] Paraguay K000308817 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Riechl [846] Brazil K000308801 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1973 Dombrowski, L.T.; Kuniyoshi 1573, Y.S. [1884] Brazil K001075290 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [9789] Brazil K001075336 Yes
Maldonado [317] Uruguay K002949784 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001075324 Yes
Klein, R.M.; Sohn, S.; Leite, P.F. [12110] Brazil K002949298 Yes
Gallinal, R. [PE 5902] Uruguay K002949777 No
Woolston, A.L. [675] Paraguay K002949312 No
Clayton, W.D. [4225] Brazil K001075286 Yes
Skvortzov, B. [192] Brazil K001075302 Yes
Hassler, E. [12707] Paraguay K002949318 No
Gardner [1185] Brazil K000001387 Type Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001075321 Yes
Job, M.M. [714] Argentina K002949772 No
s.coll. [492] Brazil K000308797 Type Yes
Klein, R.M. [10283] Brazil K002949301 Yes
Tweedie [1338] Brazil K001075307 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [5342] Argentina K002949768 No
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001075304 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [884] Argentina K002949756 No
Job, M.M. [1003] Argentina K002949757 No
Noblick, L.R.; Britto, I.C.; Castro, C.A. [2268] Brazil K002949303 Yes
Preston, T.A. [16] Brazil K001075315 Yes
Glaziou, A. [16623] Brazil K001075334 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Velázquez, U. [27852] Paraguay K002949307 No
Brescia; Borsani [2526b] Uruguay K002949778 No
Hassler, E. [1499] Paraguay K002949315 No
Hatschbach, G. [28409] Brazil K002949296 Yes
Ferrucci, M.S.; Schinini, A.; Dematteis, M. [1474] Paraguay K002949304 No
Cordeiro, J.; Barbosa, E. [2169] Brazil K002949297 Yes
Quarín, C.; Schinini, A. [980] Argentina K002949767 No
Pedersen, T.M. [1915] Argentina K002949760 No
s.coll. [6952] Brazil K000308800 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [6952] Brazil K000308799 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tweedie [1338] Brazil K001075322 Yes
Woolston, A.L. [625] Paraguay K002949313 No
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [8891] Brazil K001075311 Yes
Rabello, S.; Barbosa, J. [881] Brazil K001075303 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [3730] Argentina K002949774 No
Tweedie [690] Brazil K000308802 Type Yes
Montes, J.E. [1901] Argentina K002949775 No
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000308803 Type Yes
Riedel [980] Brazil K001075320 Yes
Job, M.M. [752] Argentina K002949758 No
Chase, A. [8658] Brazil K001075330 Yes
Hassler, E.; Rojas, T. [9973] Paraguay K002949316 No
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001075332 Yes
Burkart; Grezpo [22883] Argentina K002949770 No
Clayton, W.D. [4390] Brazil K001075335 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000308819 Type Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [1389] Brazil K001075293 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [1498] Brazil K001075294 Yes
Klein, R.M. [10275] Brazil K001075299 Yes
Monter, J.E. [3312] Paraguay K002949317 No
Pedersen, T.M. [452] Argentina K002949754 No
Zardini, E.M.; Guerrero, L. [34424] Paraguay K002949308 No
Renvoize, S.A.; Wilmot-Dear, C.M.; Tur, N. [3566] Argentina K002949762 No
Longhi-Wagner, H.M.; Stannard, B.; Lewis, G.P.; Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M.; Arraes, M.G. [CFCR6757] Brazil K000001388 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M.; Hatschbach, G. [15666] Brazil K002949294 Yes
Gardner [2749] Brazil K000001390 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [2243] Brazil K002949293 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001075309 Yes
Marques da Lima, J. [474] Brazil K002949295 Yes
Valls, J. [1540] Brazil K002949574 Yes
Balansa, B. [239] Paraguay K002949309 No
Silva, J.M. [548] Brazil K001075314 Yes
Walter, M. [[159]] Paraguay K002949311 No
Gardner [5285] Brazil K001075317 Yes
Glaziou [16624] Brazil K001075333 Yes
Skvortzov, B. [312] Brazil K001075301 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4237] Brazil K001075284 Yes
Hoehne, W. [11790] Brazil K002949300 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [18745] Brazil K001075291 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001075306 Yes
Skvortzov, B. [16] Brazil K001075298 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003560794 Yes
s.coll. [74] Brazil K000308798 Unknown Type Material Yes
Guaglianone; et al. [458] Argentina K002949765 No
Hatschbach, G. [21002] Brazil K001075295 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [5830] Argentina K002949764 No
Smith, L.B.; Reitz, R. [6016] Brazil K001075331 Yes
Fiebrig, K. [6372] Paraguay K002949314 No
Martius [185] K001075305 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001075327 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [3757] Argentina K002949763 No
Thos; Morong [256] Paraguay K002949306 No
Swainson [s.n.] Brazil K001075308 Yes
Mason, J. [J/69/B7] United Kingdom K003560795 Yes
Montes, J.E. [75B] Argentina K002949755 No
Noblick, L.R.; Britto, I.C.; Castro, C.A. [2489] Brazil K002949302 No
Davies, W. [s.n.] Argentina K002949771 No
Pedersen, T.M. [6268] Argentina K002949766 No
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [16110] Brazil K001075310 Yes
Dombrowski, L. Th. [6732 A] Brazil K002949299 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4500] Brazil K001075319 Yes
Dusén, P. [17985] Brazil K001075297 Yes
Schinini, A.; Vanni, R.; Caceres, S. [28221] Paraguay K002949305 No
Burkart; Gamerro [21601] Argentina K002949759 No
Hirschhorn, I. [6391] Argentina K002949761 No
Silva-Pando, F.J. [479] Spain K003560796 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001075323 Yes
Stannard, B.; Longhi-Wagner, H.; Harley, R.M. [CFCR6188] Brazil K001075313 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M.; Hatschbach, G. [14753] Brazil K001075287 Yes
Burchell [4188-2] Brazil K001075329 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [2500] Brazil K001075288 Yes
Dombrowski, L.T. [1692] Brazil K001075289 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5117] Colombia K001467351 Yes
Gaudichaud [s.n.] Brazil K001075326 Yes
Burkart; Gamerro [21596] Argentina K002949769 No
Dombrowski, L.T.; Saito, Y. [1510] Brazil K001075296 Yes
Bonnet, D. [43] Brazil K000001389 Yes
{Arrillaga; Del Puerto; Izaguirre} [1855] Uruguay K002949776 No
Puerto, D.; Millot [1209] Uruguay K002949780 No
{Rosengurtt} [B4708] Uruguay K002949781 No
Krapovickas, A.; Cristóbal, C.L.; Palacios, R.A. [12195] Paraguay K002949310 No
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001075318 Yes
Gardner [3528] Brazil K001075328 Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4215] Brazil K001075285 Yes
s.coll. [7418] Uruguay K002949782 No
Skvortzov, B. [22] Brazil K001075300 Yes
Campos, S.M. [71] Brazil K001075316 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [18842] Brazil K001075292 Yes
Gardner [851] Brazil K001075325 Yes
Gallinal, R. [5902] Uruguay K002949779 No
Stuckert, T. [700] Argentina K002949773 No
Wood, J.R.I. [5117], Colombia K001467351 Yes
Ecuador K001467352 Yes

Sources

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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

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    • 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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    • '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

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