Eragrostis hypnoides

Eragrostis hypnoides
Eragrostis hypnoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Eragrostideae
Subtribus: Eragrostidinae
Genus: Eragrostis
Species: Eragrostis hypnoides

Name

Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 69 (1888)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Erosion hypnoides (Lam.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 221 (1915)
    • Megastachya hypnoides (Lam.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 74 (1812)
    • Neeragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Bush in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 13: 180 (1903)
    • Poa hypnoides Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 185 (1791)
  • Heterotypic
    • Eragrostis reptans var. contracta Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 148 (1878)
    • Eragrostis reptans var. laxior Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 148 (1878)
    • Eragrostis reptans var. pygmaea Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 149 (1878)
    • Megastachya gouinii E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 119 (1886)
    • Poa carinata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 86 (1804)
    • Poa dioica Michx. ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 87 (1804), pro syn.
    • Poa hypnoides var. capitata Desv. in Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 205 (1831)
    • Poa hypnoides var. glabra Desv. in Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 205 (1831)
    • Poa hypnoides var. laxa Desv. in Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 205 (1831)
    • Poa mnioides Rich. ex E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 119 (1886), pro syn.
    • Poa reptans var. caespitosa Torr. in Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 115 (1823)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
    • Regional: America
      • Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming
    • Introduced into:
      • Germany

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: teal lovegrass
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