Poaceae
Erianthus

Erianthus contortus Baldwin ex Elliott

First published in Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 140 (1816)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SE. U.S.A. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Saccharum contortum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Saccharum contortum K002929866 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [2662] United States Saccharum contortum K002929872 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [3796] United States Saccharum contortum K002929856 Yes
{Chapman} [s.n.] United States Saccharum contortum K002929868 Yes
Terrell, E.E. [4365] United States Saccharum contortum K002929862 Yes
Buckley, S.B. [s.n.] United States Saccharum contortum K002929865 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [21926] United States Saccharum contortum K002929855 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [5304] United States Saccharum contortum K002929875 Yes
[Capt. Hamtayns] [s.n.] United States Saccharum contortum K002929874 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States Saccharum contortum K002929871 Yes
Ravenel, H.W. [s.n.] United States Saccharum contortum K002929869 Yes
{Drummond, T.; Hooker} [34] United States Saccharum contortum K002929873 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [3797] United States Saccharum contortum K002929857 Yes
Curtis, M.A. [s.n.] United States Saccharum contortum K002929864 Yes
Terrell, E.E. [4364] United States Saccharum contortum K002929863 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [3797] United States Saccharum contortum K002929859 Yes
{Elliott} [s.n.] United States Saccharum contortum K001737682 Yes
Terrell, E.E. [4367] United States Saccharum contortum K002929860 Yes
Radford, A.E. [28600] United States Saccharum contortum K002929861 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Saccharum contortum K002929870 Yes
Moore, H.E. (Jr) [1053] United States Saccharum contortum K002929876 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 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