Eragrostis pectinacea

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 pectinacea

Name

Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 406 (1841)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Eragrostis pilosa var. pectinacea (Michx.) Heynh. in Alph. Aufz. Gew., ed. 2: 226 (1846)
- Poa pectinacea Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 69 (1803)
Heterotypic
- Eragrostis brizoides Schult. in Mant. 2: 319 (1824)
- Eragrostis caroliniana (Biehler) Scribn. in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 49 (1894)
- Eragrostis cognata Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 273 (1854)
- Eragrostis diffusa Buckley in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 97 (1862)
- Eragrostis nuttalliana Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 564 (1840), nom. superfl.
- Eragrostis pectinacea subsp. felzinesii (Portal) H.Scholz in Willdenowia 38: 471 (2008)
- Eragrostis pensylvanica Scheele in Flora 27: 58 (1844)
- Eragrostis pilosa var. caroliniana (Biehler) Farw. in Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 182 (1916)
- Eragrostis pilosa subsp. felzinesii Portal in Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest, n.s., 33: 3 (2002)
- Eragrostis purshii Schrad. ex A.Gray in Manual, ed. 2:: 564 (1856)
- Eragrostis purshii var. delicatula Munro ex Scribn. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 30 (1883), nom. nud.
- Eragrostis purshii var. diffusa (Buckley) Vasey in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 59 (1890)
- Eragrostis unionis Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 273 (1854)
- Poa caroliniana Biehler in Pl. Nov. Herb. Spreng.: 10 (1807)
- Poa diandra Schrad. in Linnaea 12: 451 (1838), pro syn.
- Poa eragrostis Elliott in Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 161 (1816), nom. illeg.
- Poa nuttallii Kunth in Révis. Gramin. 1: 116 (1829), nom. illeg.
- Poa tenella Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 67 (1818), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regional: America
  - Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Introduced into:
  - Argentina Northeast, Austria, Belgium, Caroline Is., Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Italy, Japan, Madeira, Mexican Pacific Is., Myanmar, Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uruguay

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

References

Primary references

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1841. Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae. Graminae. 490 pp. Glogaviae BHL Reference page. 406.

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.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Eragrostis pectinacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 28. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Eragrostis pectinacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 September 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Eragrostis pectinacea. Published online. Accessed: September 28 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eragrostis pectinacea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: tufted lovegrass, Carolina lovegrass
español: Zacate barbudo, zacate espinoso