Eragrostis superba

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

Eragrostis superba Peyr., Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38: 584 (1860)

Heterotypic
- Eragrostis alata Ficalho & Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 32 (1881)
- Eragrostis elata Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 32 (1881)
- Eragrostis platystachys Franch. in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 382 (1895)
- Eragrostis superba var. contracta Peter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1, Anh.): 107 (1930)
- Uniola jardinii Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 281 (1854)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Angola, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Namibia
- Regional: Central Africa
  - Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Southtern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania
- Introduced into:
  - Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina, California, French Guiana, Germany, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, Texas, Uruguay

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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Eragrostis superba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 29. Reference page.
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International Plant Names Index. 2025. Eragrostis superba. Published online. Accessed: September 29 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eragrostis superba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page.