Eriochloa
| Eriochloa | |
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| Eriochloa polystachya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
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| Genus: | Eriochloa Kunth |
| Type species | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Eriochloa is a widespread genus of plants[4][5] in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass.[citation needed] They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia.[2][6][7][8][9][10]
- – tapertip cupgrass - Mexico, southern USA (from CA to MD + FL), northern Argentina
- – bearded cupgrass - Mexico, USA (AZ, CA, MS)
- - Australia
- - Bolivia
- - Mexico, Central America, Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela
- Eriochloa contracta – prairie cupgrass - Mexico, USA (from CA to FL to MN), Ontario
- - Australia
- - Central + South America
- – tropical cupgrass - sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula
- - Santa Cruz in Bolivia, Paraguay, Misiones in Argentina, Minas Gerais in Brazil
- – canyon cupgrass - USA (AZ, NM), northern + central Mexico
- - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana
- - sub-Saharan Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar, Yemen
- – long-leaved cupgrass - USA (AL FL GA SC)
- - Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador
- - Argentina (Formosa, Corrientes, Santiago del Estero)
- - Mexico, Central America
- - Peru, Ecuador incl Galápagos
- - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Swaziland, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
- - Peru, Ecuador
- Eriochloa polystachya – caribgrass - Chiapas, Central America, West Indies, northern South America
- - Australia, New Guinea, southeast Asia, China, Indian Subcontinent, East Africa
- - Australia
- – Louisiana cupgrass - Central America, West Indies, South America, Mexico, USA (TX LA GA MD)
- - Tanzania, Mozambique
- Eriochloa sericea – Texas cupgrass - USA (TX OK KS), Coahuila, Tamaulipas
- - Cuba
- - Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Swaziland, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
- - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru
- - Aldabra, Madagascar
- - southern European Russia, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan
- - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
- – hairy cupgrass - Russia (Amur, Primorye, Khabarovsk), China incl Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Japan incl Ryukyu Is
- - Peru, Ecuador
- formerly included[3]
see Ancistrachne Axonopus Brachiaria Isachne Panicum Paspalum Tricholaena Urochloa
- Eriochloa acrotricha -
- Eriochloa bolbodes -
- Eriochloa brasiliensis -
- Eriochloa castanea -
- Eriochloa globosa -
- Eriochloa japonica -
- Eriochloa maidenii - Ancistrachne maidenii
- Eriochloa pulchella -
- Eriochloa purpurascens Hochst. ex A.Rich. 1850 -
- Eriochloa purpurascens Hochst. 1841 -
- Eriochloa trichopus -
- Eriochloa vestita -
References[]
- ^ lectotype designated by G.V. Nash, N. Amer. Fl. 17: 157 (18 Sep 1912)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Tropicos, Eriochloa Kunth
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1815. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: 94–95 in Latin
- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1815. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: plates XXX-XXXI (30-31) line drawings of Eriochloa distachya and Eriochloa polystachya
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 500, 524 野黍属 ye shu shu Eriochloa Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 94. 1816.
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database, Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Eriochloa Kunth
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ Grass Manual Treatment Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
Categories:
- Panicoideae
- Poaceae genera