List of Eragrostis species

As of January 2018, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted the following species of Eragrostis.^[1]

A[]

• Cope – S. Tropical Africa
• De Winter – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• (Kunth) Nees – Tropical America
• Parodi – S. Brazil to N.E. Argentina
• (Willd.) Delile – N. & W. Tropical Africa to Sudan
• Chiov. – Ethiopia to S. Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula
• Nees – Colombia to Venezuela, Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina
• Balansa – Indo-China
• Keng – Hainan
• Lazarides – E. Australia
• Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. – Tropical & Subtrop. Old World
• Clayton – Kenya
• Clayton – Somalia to Kenya
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• Prob. – S.E. Belarus to Russian Far East and Mongolia
• Cope – Zambia
• Cope – Zambia
• R.E.Fr. – Peru, N.W. Argentina
• Rendle ex Scott Elliot – Angola to S. Africa
• Döll – Brazil (Minas Gerais)
• Eragrostis aquatica Honda – Japan (W. Honshu)
• C.E.Hubb. – Tropical & S. Africa
• De Winter – Namibia
• Kabuye – S.W. Tanzania
• (Schrank) Nees – Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina
• (Jacq.) Nees – Africa, Arabian Peninsula, S. India, Indo-China
• S.M.Phillips – Ethiopia
• Cope – Tanzania to Zambia
• Hildebr. – Hawaiian Islands
• Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. ex Steud. – Tropical & Subtrop. Old World
• Hitchc. – S.W. Peru to N. Chile
• Launert – S. Tropical Africa
• Eragrostis australasica (Steud.) C.E.Hubb. – Australia
• Keng – Central & S. China

B[]

• Hitchc. – Bahamas to Turks-Caicos Islands
• Schult. – Mexico to S. Tropical America
• Veldkamp – New Guinea (Kep. Aru)
• Hack. – Mozambique to S. Africa
• Stapf – Myanmar
• Daveau – Macaronesia to Arabian Peninsula, Mediterranean to Pakistan
• C.E.Hubb. – W. Tropical Africa to Chad
• Jedwabn. – Australia
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• (Kunth) Trin. – S. Africa
• (Schult.) Steud. – Cuba to Hispaniola
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• Nees – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• Hack. – Ethiopia, S. Tropical & S. Africa
• K.Schum. – W. Tropical Africa
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• Steud. – Madagascar
• Launert – Iraq
• Clayton – Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa
• (Stent) Launert – S. Tropical Africa
• Schweinf. – N.E. & E. Tropical Africa to Arabian Peninsula
• Nees – S. Africa
• Eragrostis brownii (Kunth) Nees – Tropical & Subtrop. Asia to Easter I
• Bor – S. India, W. Indo-China

C[]

• Stapf – Zimbabwe to S .Africa
• Chiov. – Somalia to Mozambique
• Clayton – Nigeria to Cameroon
• C.E.Hubb. – Tanzania to Malawi
• Rendle – Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa
• (Thunb.) Trin. – Congo to Ethiopia and S. Africa, Madagascar
• (L.) Nees – E. Canada to Central Mexico
• Lazarides – Queensland
• Chiov. – Ethiopia to N. Kenya
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• Lazarides – Queensland
• Buscal. & Muschl. – Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa
• Nicora – Brazil to N.E. Argentina
• Clayton – W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon
• Bosser – Madagascar
• C.E.Hubb. – W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Tanzania
• (Kunth) Nees – Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar
• Killeen – Bolivia to Paraguay
• Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Janch. – Old World
• (L.) R.Br. – Tropical & Subtrop. Old World
• (Roxb.) Nees – India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Hainan, Jawa
• Launert – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• Stapf – Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China
• Trin. – E. Europe to N.W. China and Iran
• Vivek, G.V.S.Murthy & V.J.Nair – S.W. India
• De Winter – Swaziland
• (R.Br.) Steud. – N. Australia
• Eragrostis condensata (J.Presl) Steud. – Ecuador
• Lobin – Cape Verde
• J.M.Black – Australia
• Oliv. – Congo to Kenya and KwaZulu-Natal
• R.W.Pohl – S. Mexico to Guatemala
• Hack. – Zimbabwe to S. Africa
• Lazarides – N.W. & Central Australia
• Hitchc. – Cuba, Jamaica
• Steud. – Tropical & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
• Buckley – Central & S.E. U.S.A. to N.E. Mexico
• Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees – Cameroon to Eritrea and S. Africa
• (Roxb.) Arn. – Nepal, S.E. China to Vietnam, Taiwan
• Hochst. – Africa

D[]

• Bor – S. India
• Renvoize – Aldabra
• Hitchc. – Hawaiian Islands
• Launert – Zambia
• Eragrostis desertorum Domin – Australia
• Launert – E. Zimbabwe to Northern Province
• Eragrostis dielsii Pilg. – Australia
• Stapf – Angola to Botswana
• Cope – S. DR Congo to Zambia
• B.S.Sun & S.Wang – China (Yunnan)
• Lasut – Sulawesi

E[]

• Lazarides – Northern Territory
• Eragrostis echinochloidea Stapf – Zimbabwe to S. Africa
• Clayton – W. Tropical Africa
• Stapf – Cape Province
• Chiov. – W. Tropical Africa to Eritrea
• (Elliott) S.Watson – Central & S. U.S.A. to Honduras, Caribbean
• (Willd.) J.Jacq. – Tropical & Subtrop. Asia to Australia
• Lambdon, Darlow, Clubbe & Cope – St. Helena
• Benth. – Australia
• Scribn. ex Beal – S. Central U.S.A. to N. Mexico
• Peter – Kenya to S. Tropical Africa
• Launert – Tanzania to Zambia
• Lazarides – Australia

F[]

• (Gaudich.) Steud. – Australia
• Lazarides – N. Australia
• Cope – Malawi (Mt. Mulanje)
• Ohwi – Taiwan
• B.K.Simon – S. Queensland
• (Thunb.) P.Beauv. – Himalaya to Temp. E. Asia
• Lazarides – Australia
• Cope – Zambia
• Rendle – Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa
• Eragrostis fosbergii Whitney – Hawaiian Islands
• Steud. – E. U.S.A. to Texas
• Pilg. – S. Tropical Africa to Caprivi Strip

G[]

• (Roxb.) Steud. – Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Borneo
• A.Chev. – Gabon
• De Winter – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• Launert – Zimbabwe
• Ekman – Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)
• S.M.Phillips – E. Ethiopia to Somalia
• (Sw.) Trin. – Cuba, Jamaica
• Hildebr. – Hawaiian Islands
• Withersp. – Mexico to Guatemala
• Hitchc. – Venezuela to Guyana and N. Brazil
• Nees – S. Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar

H[]

• Rendle – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• L.C.Chia – Hainan
• Vivek, G.V.S.Murthy & V.J.Nair – India (Tamil Nadu)
• Stapf – Eritrea to S. Africa
• Rendle – Tanzania to S. Africa
• Jedwabn. – Madagascar
• (Michx.) Nees – Central & S.E. U.S.A. to Mexico
• E.Fourn. – Mexico to Honduras
• Lazarides – N. Northern Territory
• K.Schum. – South Sudan to S. Tropical Africa
• De Wild. – Tanzania to Zambia
• Nees – Kenya to S. Africa
• R.W.Pohl – S. Mexico to Central America
• Rendle – China (Shaanxi)
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• Napper – DR Congo to E. Tropical Africa
• C.Cordem. – Réunion
• Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – America

I–K[]

• K.Schum. – Kenya to S. Africa
• Cope – Somalia
• Eragrostis infecunda J.M.Black – S.E. Australia
• Eragrostis intermedia Hitchc. – Central & E. U.S.A. to Colombia
• P.Beauv. – E. Australia
• Pilg. – W. & W. Central Tropical Africa
• B.K.Simon – N. Queensland
• Vivek, G.V.S.Murthy & V.J.Nair – S.W. India
• (Thunb.) Trin. – Tropical & Subtrop. Old World
• B.K.Simon – Central Queensland
• F.Turner – Australia
• De Winter – Namibia to Cape Province
• Quézel – Chad (Tibesti)
• S.M.Phillips – Somalia
• Eragrostis kuschelii Skottsb. – Desventurados Islands

L[]

• F.Muell. – Australia
• Hack. – Namibia to Botswana
• Lazarides – Australia
• Benth. – Australia
• C.E.Hubb. – Western Australia to South Australia
• Nees – Kenya to S. Africa
• Bosser – Madagascar
• Cope – Zimbabwe
• Launert – Tanzania to Namibia
• Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• (A.Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. – N.E. Tropical Africa to Kenya, Arabian Peninsula
• Cope – Zambia
• Benth. – Australia
• Hitchc. – Hawaiian Islands
• Eragrostis leptostachya (R.Br.) Steud. – E. & S.E. Australia
• Cope – Zimbabwe to Botswana
• Nees ex Döll – Brazil to Paraguay
• Jedwabn. – China (N.W. Yunnan)
• Clayton – W. Tropical Africa
• (A.Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. – Ethiopia, Yemen
• B.K.Simon – S.E. Queensland
• Swallen – Mexico
• Nees – Central & S.E. U.S.A. to El Salvador, S. Tropical America to Argentina
• J.Presl – W. South America
• Cope – Somalia
• Scribn. – W. & W. Central U.S.A

M[]

• (A.Rich.) Steud. – Tropical Africa, Madagascar, S.W. Arabian Peninsula, India
• Pilg. – S. Africa
• Hack. – Bolivia to Brazil (Mato Grosso di Sul, Santa Catarina)
• Bor – India, Sri Lanka
• Hitchc. – Peru
• Schweinf. – N.E. Tropical Africa to Arabian Peninsula
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• Launert – Zambia
• Hitchc. – Hawaiian Islands
• (Kunth) Steud. – Mexico to S. Tropical America
• Hack. – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• Eragrostis mexicana (Hornem.) Link – N. America to Argentina
• Hack. – Angola to S. Africa
• Vickery – Central & E. Australia
• Rendle – Angola
• Pilg. – Kenya to Botswana
• Launert ex Cope – Zambia
• Host – Old World
• De Winter – Mozambique to S. Africa
• Pilg. – Nigeria to W. Central Tropical Africa
• Pilg. – Uganda to S. Tropical Africa
• Balansa – Indo-China to W. Malesia
• (Gaudich.) Hildebr. – Hawaiian Islands
• Pilg. – Tanzania to Zambia
• Steud. – Tropical & Subtrop. Asia to Russian Far East
• Trin. – Tropical Africa to Myanmar

N[]

• Kalidass – N.E. India
• Trin. – Brazil to N. Argenitna
• Nees ex Steud. – Caucasus to China and Indo-China
• (Kunth) Steud. – W. South America to N.W. Argentina
• Vivek, G.V.S.Murthy & V.J.Nair – India (Tamil Nadu)
• Ficalho & Hiern – Tanzania to S. Africa
• (Retz.) Nees ex Steud. – Indian Subcontinent to Malesia

O[]

• Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern – S. Africa
• Lazarides – N. Australia
• Cope – Zambia
• K.Schum. – Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa
• De Winter – Namibia
• L.H.Harv. – Mexico
• Hack. – Bolivia to N. Argentina

P[]

• Hack. – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• S.Watson – S. Central U.S.A. to Mexico
• Zon – Cameroon
• (A.Braun) Steud. – Eritrea to Zambia
• (Roem. & Schult.) Steud. – S.E. Spain to N.W. Africa, N.E. & E. Tropical Africa to Myanmar
• Launert – S. Tropical Africa
• Eragrostis parviflora (R.Br.) Trin. – Australia, New Guinea to New Caledonia
• S.M.Phillips – Eritrea to Ethiopia
• (Kunth) Trin. – S. Tropical America
• Oliv. – Congo, Kenya to S. Africa
• Hack. – Ethiopia to S. Africa
• Hack. – S. Africa
• (Kunth) Steud. – Ecuador
• Eragrostis paupera Jedwabn. – Hawaiian Islands
• Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees – America
• K.Schum. – Somalia to Tanzania
• Keng – S. China to Hainan
• Döll – Bolivia to Brazil and N.E. Argentina
• S.T.Blake – Australia
• L.H.Harv. – W. Central & Central U.S.A. to N.E. Mexico
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• Eragrostis peruviana (Jacq.) Trin. – Peru to N. Chile, Desventurados Islands
• Lazarides – N. Western Australia, N. Northern Territory
• Renvoize & Longhi-Wagner – Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro)
• Cope – Zimbabwe to Botswana
• Fedde – Peru (Ancash, Cajamarca)
• Dinter ex Pilg. – Angola to S. Africa
• Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P.Beauv. – Old World
• Link – S.E. China to Vietnam, Taiwan
• Ohwi – S.E. China, Taiwan
• Nees – S. Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar
• Nees – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• Scribn. ex Beal – Mexico
• C.E.Hubb. – W. Tropical Africa to Zambia
• Swallen – Venezuela to Guyana and N. Brazil
• C.E.Hubb. – W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon
• Cope – Tanzania
• Nees – Florida, Texas to S. Tropical America
• Nees – Ethiopia to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula
• Lazarides – N. Western Australia to N. Northern Territory
• Mattei – Mexico
• Nees – Zimbabwe to S. Africa
• (Sw.) Steud. – Tropical & Subtrop. America, W. Trop. Africa to Angola
• Steud. – Mauritius
• S.M.Phillips – Somalia
• C.E.Hubb. – S.W. Tanzania, Northern Province
• (R.Br.) Steud. – Thailand to N. & E. Australia
• Cope – Zambia (Kafue Flats)
• (Spreng.) Schult. – Lesser Antilles, S. Brazil to Uruguay
• Hack. – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• (Phil.) Parodi ex Nicora – Chile
• Clayton – Kenya
• De Winter – Namibia

R[]

• (Thunb.) Steud. – Eritrea to S. Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar
• Lebrun – Cameroon
• (Muhl.) Scribn. – E. Central & S.E. U.S.A., Suriname
• Rendle – S. DR Congo to Angola
• De Winter – S. Africa
• (Michx.) Nees – Central & S.E. U.S.A. to E. Mexico
• Hack. & Arechav. – S. Brazil to N.E. Argentina
• Domin – N. Australia
• Judz. & P.M.Peterson – Guyana to N. Brazil
• (Willd.) Nees – Tropical Asia
• H.Scholz – E. Europe
• C.E.Hubb. – S. Tropical Africa to Botswana
• Hack. – Brazil to N.E. Argentina
• Rendle – Tanzania to S. Africa
• Stapf – India (S.E. & S. Tamil Nadu)
• Schult. – Mexico to Paraguay
• L.C.Chia – Hainan

S[]

• Launert – Namibia
• Pilger ex Jedwabn. – W. Central Tropical Africa
• (Steud.) Schweick. – Cape Province
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• K.G.Bhat & Nagendran – India (Karnataka)
• Launert – Tanzania to Zimbabwe
• (Thunb.) Trin. – Chad (Tibesti), S. Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar
• Hemsl. – S.W. & Central St. Helena
• Swallen – Pacific
• Steud. – French Guiana to Brazil
• Benth. – N. Australia
• Chiov. – Eritrea to Malawi, S.W. Arabian Peninsula, Sri Lanka
• Nees – Tanzania to S. Africa
• Trin. – Brazil (Minas Gerais)
• Pilg. – Namibia
• Rendle – W. & W. Central Tropical Africa
• J.Presl – Central & S. U.S.A. to S. Tropical America
• Trin. – Brazil to N.E. Argentina
• Chiov. – Somalia to Kenya
• Cope – Mozambique
• Buckley – Central U.S.A. to N.E. Mexico
• Eragrostis setifolia Nees – Australia
• Pilg. – Tanzania to Zambia
• Swallen – S. Texas to Mexico
• (J.Presl) Steud. – S.E. Mexico to Central America
• Pilg. – Cameroon
• Nees – Bolivia to Brazil and N.E. Argentina
• Jedwabn. – W. South America
• Domin – E. Australia
• Steud. – N. & E. Australia to Pacific
• (Roem. & Schult.) Steud. – Australia
• Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud. – S. Canada to N.E. Mexico

• Vasey – Texas to N. Mexico, Paraguay to N. Argentina
• Cope – Zambia
• (Lam.) Steud. – Cape Verde, W. Tropical Africa to Chad
• Lazarides – N. Northern Territory to Queensland
• De Winter – S. Tropical & S. Africa
• (R.Br.) Steud. – N. Northern Territory to N. & N.E. Queensland
• Pilg. – Namibia
• Domin – N. & E. Australia
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• Renvoize – Madagascar, Aldabra
• Cope – Botswana to Namibia
• (Lam.) E.Fourn. – India to S. China and N.W. Pacific
• Lazarides – Central Australia
• Eragrostis superba Peyr. – Congo to Ethiopia and S. Africa
• K.A.Sheph. & Trudgen – N.W. Western Australia
• Hitchc. – S. Texas to Mexico
• Cope – Malawi (Mt. Mulanje)

T[]

• Eragrostis tef (Zuccagni) Trotter – N.E. & E. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula
• (Kunth) Steud. – Australia
• (A.Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. – Tropical & Subtrop. Old World
• Schult. – America
• Renvoize – Bolivia
• Bor – Myanmar
• Franch. – W. Central & S. Tropical Africa
• Cope – Somalia
• (Benth.) Domin – S.E. Queensland to Central & E. Vicotria
• Eragrostis tracyi Hitchc. – Florida
• Eragrostis tremula Hochst. ex Steud. – Tropical Africa, Afghanistan to Indo-China
• Henrard – Paraguay
• Arechav. – Brazil to N. Argentina
• Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt.) Alph.Wood – Central & E. U.S.A
• Cope – Somalia
• Napper – Tanzania
• Lazarides – Queensland
• Eragrostis truncata Hack. – S. Africa
• (Schumach.) De Wild. – W. Tropical Africa to W. Ethiopia

U[]

• Ohwi – Thailand
• (Retz.) Nees ex Steud. – Tropical & Subtrop. Asia to N. & E. Queensland
• Hitchc. – Caribbean
• Napper – Tanzania
• Lazarides – N. Australia
• Sánchez-Ken – Tanzania

V[]

• Rendle – Angola
• Boechat & Longhi-Wagner – Brazil
• Eragrostis variabilis (Gaudich.) Steud. – Hawaiian Islands
• Welw. ex Rendle – Angola
• (Chiov.) S.M.Phillips – Somalia
• Cope – S. Tropical Africa to Namibia
• Boechat & Longhi-Wagner – N.E. Brazil
• A.Camus – Madagascar
• J.Presl – W. Canada to Central Mexico, Venezuela to S. South America
• (Retz.) Trin. – Tropical & S. Africa, S. Arabian Peninsula, Trop. Asia
• Pilg. – Tropical & S. Africa
• Jedwabn. – Bismarck Arch

W–Z[]

• Pilg. – Namibia
• Hack. – S. & E. Malesia to New Guinea
• Pilg. – Peru to N. Chile
• Rendle – Tropical Africa
• Domin – Australia
• Nees & Meyen – Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China

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