Poaceae
Eriochloa

Eriochloa contracta Hitchc.

First published in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 41: 163 (1928)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is U.S.A. to Mexico. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia

Introduced into:

District of Columbia, Japan, Ontario, Taiwan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://exp-forest.nchu.edu.tw/Front/Quarterly/journals042/journals042-4/Archive.aspx?id=XM6od7teHeI=&lang=zh-tw. epublication.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • 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.
  • Ibrahim, K.M. & Peterson, P.M. (2014). Grasses of Washington, D.C.. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 99: 1-128.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://exp-forest.nchu.edu.tw/Front/Quarterly/journals042/journals042-4/Archive.aspx?id=XM6od7teHeI=&lang=zh-tw. epublication.
  • 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.
  • Ibrahim, K.M. & Peterson, P.M. (2014). Grasses of Washington, D.C.. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 99: 1-128.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Higgins, L.C. [27907] United States K003926800 Yes
Thompson, R.A.; Rudman, R.; Johnson, F.L. [S0893] United States K003926808 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [1179] United States K003926811 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [1915] United States K003926803 Yes
Ungar, I. [1028] United States K003926805 Yes
Reverchon, J. [3612] United States K003926814 Yes
Clemens, M.; Clemens, J. [11501] United States K003926806 Yes
Swallen, J.R. [10268] United States K003926804 Yes
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United States K003926807 Yes
[G. R. Nasay] [s.n.] United States K003926813 Yes
Bannister, C.W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003925566 No
Ryves, T.B. [s.n.] United States K003926810 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003925567 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [s.n.] United States K003926812 Yes
Chase, V.H. [s.n.] United States K003926809 Yes
Higgins, L.C. [27537] United States K003926801 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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