Eragrostis

Lovegrass
Eragrostis cilianensis Maui, Hawai'i
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Eragrostideae
Genus:	Eragrostis Wolf[1]
Type species
Eragrostis eragrostis (syn of E. cilianensis) (L.) Wolf[2]
Synonyms[3]
Boriskellera Terechov Erochloe Raf. Erosion Lunell Macroblepharus Phil. Psilantha (K.Koch) Tzvelev Roshevitzia Tzvelev Triphlebia Stapf Stiburus Stapf Acamptoclados Nash Neeragrostis Bush Thellungia Stapf Diandrochloa De Winter

Eragrostis atropioides flowers

weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula)

little lovegrass (Eragrostis minor)

Eragrostis variabilis

Eragrostis is large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Eragrostis is commonly known as lovegrass^[11] or canegrass. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words ερως (eros), meaning "love", and αγρωστις (agrostis), meaning "grass".^[12]

Lovegrass is commonly used as livestock fodder. The seeds appear to be of high nutritional value for some animals, but they are also very tiny and collecting them for human food is cumbersome and hence uncommon. A notable exception is teff (E. tef), which is used to make traditional breads on the Horn of Africa, such as Ethiopian injera and Somalian laxoox. It is a crop of commercial importance. E. clelandii and E. tremula are recorded as famine foods in Australia and Chad, respectively.^[13]

Other species, such as E. amabilis, are used as ornamental plants. E. cynosuroides is used in the pūjā rites in the Hindu temple at Karighatta. Bahia lovegrass (E. bahiensis) is known as a hyperaccumulator of caesium-137 and can be grown to remove the highly toxic radioactive atoms from the environment. Weeping lovegrass (E. curvula) has been planted extensively to prevent soil erosion.

Seed dispersal is often done by passing animals; the grains' hooks latch on to fur or hair, or to clothes. Others are wind or gravity dispersed. Several herbivores feed on lovegrass, including invertebrates such as the caterpillars of the Zabulon skipper (Poanes zabulon) and vertebrates. The extinct bluebuck (Hippotragus leucophaeus) was known to graze these grasses. The dense bunches also provide cover for small animals such as the rare Botteri's sparrow (Aimophila botterii). Lovegrasses may be important groundcover on oceanic islands like Laysan, where other plants are rare.

Taxonomy

Eragrostis is the type genus of the tribe Eragrostideae.^[14][15]

Species^[3][11][16]

1. Eragrostis acamptoclada - Angola, Zambia
2. Eragrostis acraea - South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
3. Eragrostis acutiflora - tropical Americas
4. Eragrostis acutiglumis - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
5. Eragrostis advena - Queensland, New South Wales
6. Eragrostis aegyptiaca - Sahara, Sahel
7. Eragrostis aethiopica - Africa, Madagascar, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
8. Eragrostis airoides - South America
9. Eragrostis alopecuroides - Indochina
10. Eragrostis alta - Hainan
11. Eragrostis alveiformis - Queensland, New South Wales
12. Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees - Africa, Asia, Papuasia
13. Eragrostis amanda - Kenya
14. Eragrostis ambleia - Kenya, Somalia
15. Eragrostis ambohibengensis - Madagascar
16. Eragrostis ambositrensis - Madagascar
17. Eragrostis ambrensis - Madagascar
18. Eragrostis amurensis - Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan
19. Eragrostis anacrantha - Zambia
20. Eragrostis anacranthoides - Zambia
21. Eragrostis andicola - Peru, Argentina
22. Eragrostis annulata - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Angola
23. Eragrostis apiculata - Minas Gerais
24. Eragrostis aquatica - Honshu
25. Eragrostis arenicola - Africa
26. Eragrostis aristata - Namibia
27. Eragrostis aristiglumis - Tanzania
28. Eragrostis articulata - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
29. Eragrostis aspera - Africa, southern Asia (from Yemen to Vietnam)
30. Eragrostis astrepta - Ethiopia
31. Eragrostis astreptoclada - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
32. Eragrostis atropioides - Hawaii
33. Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. ex Steud. - Africa, Asia, Madagascar, Papuasia
34. Eragrostis attenuata - Chile, Peru
35. Eragrostis aurorae - Angola, Zambia
36. Eragrostis australasica (Steud.) C.E.Hubb. – swamp canegrass - Australia
37. Eragrostis autumnalis - China
38. Eragrostis bahamensis - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands
39. Eragrostis bahiensis Schrad. ex Schult. - tropical Latin America
40. Eragrostis balgooyi - Aru Islands
41. Eragrostis barbinodis - South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique
42. Eragrostis barbulata - Myanmar
43. Eragrostis barrelieri Daveau - from Azores + Canary Islands to Pakistan
44. Eragrostis barteri - West Africa
45. Eragrostis basedowii - Australia
46. Eragrostis bemarivensis - Madagascar
47. Eragrostis bergiana - South Africa, Botswana
48. Eragrostis berteroniana - Cuba, Hispaniola
49. Eragrostis betsileensis - Madagascar
50. Eragrostis bicolor - Africa
51. Eragrostis biflora - Africa
52. Eragrostis blepharostachya - West Africa
53. Eragrostis boinensis - Madagascar
54. Eragrostis boivinii - Madagascar
55. Eragrostis boriana - Iraq
56. Eragrostis botryodes - Africa
57. Eragrostis brainii - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe
58. Eragrostis braunii - East Africa, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
59. Eragrostis brizantha - Cape Province, Namibia, Botswana
60. Eragrostis brownii - eastern + southeastern Asia, Papuasia, Australia, Micronesia, Easter I
61. Eragrostis burmanica - India, Myanmar, Thailand
62. Eragrostis caesia - southern Africa
63. Eragrostis caespitosa - eastern + southeastern Africa
64. Eragrostis camerunensis - Nigeria, Cameroon
65. Eragrostis canescens - Tanzania, Malawi
66. Eragrostis caniflora - Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
67. Eragrostis capensis - tropical + southern Africa
68. Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees – tiny lovegrass, lace grass - North America
69. Eragrostis capitula - Queensland
70. Eragrostis capitulifera - Ethiopia, Kenya
71. Eragrostis capuronii - Madagascar
72. Eragrostis cassa - Queensland
73. Eragrostis castellaneana - Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
74. Eragrostis cataclasta - Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
75. Eragrostis cenolepis - West Africa
76. Eragrostis chabouisii - Madagascar
77. Eragrostis chalarothyrsos - tropical Africa
78. Eragrostis chapelieri - Madagascar, tropical + southern Africa
79. Eragrostis chiquitaniensis - Bolivia, Paraguay
80. Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch. – grey lovegrass, candy grass, stinkgrass - Old World from France to South Africa to Japan to New Guinea; naturalized in Americas + Australia + northern Europe
81. Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R.Br. - Old World from Morocco to South Africa to Micronesia; naturalized in Americas
82. Eragrostis ciliata - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Hainan, Java
83. Eragrostis cimicina - southern Africa
84. Eragrostis coarctata - Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar
85. Eragrostis collina - Eurasia from southern Turkey + southern European Russia to Xinjiang
86. Eragrostis comptonii - Swaziland
87. Eragrostis concinna - Queensland, Northern Territory
88. Eragrostis condensata (J.Presl) Steud.> - Ecuador
89. Eragrostis conertii - Cape Verde
90. Eragrostis confertiflora - Australia
91. Eragrostis congesta - central + southern Africa
92. Eragrostis conrathii - South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland
93. Eragrostis contrerasii - Mexico, Guatemala
94. Eragrostis crassinervis - Zimbabwe, Namibia, Limpopo
95. Eragrostis crateriformis - Australia
96. Eragrostis cubensis - Cuba, Jamaica
97. Eragrostis cumingii - China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Australia; naturalized in parts of United States
98. Eragrostis curtipedicellata - south-central United States (Colorado Kansas Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Texas New Mexico), Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León)
99. Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees – weeping lovegrass, African lovegrass - Africa; naturalized in Eurasia, Australia, Americas
100. Eragrostis cylindrica - China incl Taiwan, Nepal, Vietnam
101. Eragrostis cylindriflora Hochst. - Africa
102. Eragrostis dayanandanii - Tamil Nadu
103. Eragrostis deccanensis - Tamil Nadu
104. Eragrostis decumbens - Aldabra
105. Eragrostis deflexa - Hawaii
106. Eragrostis dentifera - Zambia
107. Eragrostis desertorum - Australia
108. Eragrostis desolata - Zimbabwe, Limpopo
109. Eragrostis dielsii Pilg. – mallee lovegrass - Australia
110. Eragrostis dinteri - Angola, Botswana, Namibia
111. Eragrostis divaricata - Zaïre, Zambia
112. Eragrostis duricaulis - Yunnan
113. Eragrostis dyskritos - Sulawesi
114. Eragrostis ecarinata - Northern Territory
115. Eragrostis echinochloidea Stapf – tickgrass, tick grass - southern Africa
116. Eragrostis egregia - West Africa
117. Eragrostis elatior - Cape Province
118. Eragrostis elegantissima - Sahel
119. Eragrostis elliottii S.Wats. - United States, Mexico, Central America, West Indies
120. Eragrostis elongata Willd. J.Jacq. - China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia
121. Eragrostis episcopulus - St. Helena
122. Eragrostis eriopoda Benth. - Australia
123. Eragrostis erosa - United States (Texas New Mexico), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, Sonora, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
124. Eragrostis exasperata - Africa
125. Eragrostis excelsa - Mexico (Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula), Belize, Bahamas, Cuba
126. Eragrostis exelliana - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia
127. Eragrostis exigua - Australia
128. Eragrostis falcata - Australia
129. Eragrostis fallax - Australia
130. Eragrostis fastigiata - Malawi
131. Eragrostis fauriei - Taiwan
132. Eragrostis fenshamii - Queensland
133. Eragrostis ferruginea (Thunb.) P.Beauv. - East Asia, Himalayas, Indochina
134. Eragrostis fosbergii Whitney - Oahu
135. Eragrostis frankii – Frank's lovegrass - eastern Canada; eastern + central United States
136. Eragrostis friesii - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Caprivi Strip region of Namibia
137. Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. - Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia; naturalized in scattered locations in South America + United States
138. Eragrostis georgii - Gabon
139. Eragrostis glandulosipedata - southern Africa
140. Eragrostis glischra - Zimbabwe
141. Eragrostis gloeodes - Mato Grosso do Sul
142. Eragrostis gloeophylla - Ethiopia, Somalia
143. Eragrostis glutinosa - Cuba, Jamaica
144. Eragrostis grandis - Hawaii
145. Eragrostis guatemalensis - central + southern Mexico,Guatemala
146. Eragrostis guianensis - Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Monagas), Guyana, Brazil (Roraima, Ceará)
147. Eragrostis gummiflua - Africa, Madagascar
148. Eragrostis habrantha - Africa
149. Eragrostis hainanensis - Hainan
150. Eragrostis heteromera - Africa
151. Eragrostis hierniana - Africa
152. Eragrostis hildebrandtii - Madagascar
153. Eragrostis hirsuta - southeastern + south-central United States; Mexico
154. Eragrostis hirta - Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras
155. Eragrostis hirticaulis - Northern Territory
156. Eragrostis hispida - Africa
157. Eragrostis homblei - Tanzania, Zaïre, Zambia, Zimbabwe
158. Eragrostis homomalla - Africa
159. Eragrostis hondurensis - Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca), Honduras, Nicaragua
160. Eragrostis hugoniana - Shaanxi
161. Eragrostis humbertii - Madagascar
162. Eragrostis humidicola - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Rwanda
163. Eragrostis humifusa - Réunion
164. Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britt., Sterns & Poggenb. – teal lovegrass - North + South America
165. Eragrostis inamoena - Africa
166. Eragrostis incrassata - Somalia
167. Eragrostis infecunda J.M.Black – southern canegrass - Victoria, South Australia
168. Eragrostis intermedia - United States, Mexico, Central America, Colombia
169. Eragrostis interrupta - Queensland, New South Wales
170. Eragrostis invalida - West Africa
171. Eragrostis jacobsiana - Queensland
172. Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin. - Asia, Africa, Papuasia, Madagascar
173. Eragrostis jerichoensis - Queensland
174. Eragrostis kennedyae - Australia
175. Eragrostis kingesii - Namibia, Cape Province
176. Eragrostis kohorica - Tibesti Region of Chad
177. Eragrostis kuchariana - Somalia
178. Eragrostis kuschelii - San Ambrosio Island in Chile
179. Eragrostis lacunaria F.Muell. ex Benth. - Australia
180. Eragrostis laevissima - Namibia, Botswana
181. Eragrostis lanicaulis - Australia
182. Eragrostis laniflora - Australia
183. Eragrostis lanipes - Australia
184. Eragrostis lappula - Africa
185. Eragrostis lateritica - Madagascar
186. Eragrostis latifolia - Zimbabwe
187. Eragrostis leersiiformis - Africa
188. Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees - southern Africa; naturalized in scattered locales in Eurasia, North + South America
189. Eragrostis lepida - Saudi Arabia, eastern Africa
190. Eragrostis lepidobasis - Zambia
191. Eragrostis leptocarpa - Australia
192. Eragrostis leptophylla - Hawaii
193. Eragrostis leptostachya (R.Br.) Steud. – paddock lovegrass - Australia
194. Eragrostis leptotricha - Zimbabwe, Botswana
195. Eragrostis leucosticta - Brazil, Paraguay
196. Eragrostis lichiangensis - Yunnan
197. Eragrostis lingulata - West Africa
198. Eragrostis longifolia - Ethiopia, Yemen
199. Eragrostis longipedicellata - Queensland
200. Eragrostis longiramea - Mexico (Tamaulipas)
201. Eragrostis lugens - Americas from Missouri to Uruguay
202. Eragrostis lurida - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
203. Eragrostis lutensis - Somalia
204. Eragrostis lutescens - western United States
205. Eragrostis macilenta - Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, India
206. Eragrostis macrochlamys - Cape Province, Namibia, Botswana
207. Eragrostis macrothyrsa - Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Santa Catarina)
208. Eragrostis maderaspatana - Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka
209. Eragrostis magna - Peru
210. Eragrostis mahrana - Somalia, Oman, Yemen
211. Eragrostis majungensis - Madagascar
212. Eragrostis mandrarensis - Madagascar
213. Eragrostis mariae - Zambia
214. †Eragrostis mauiensis - †Lanai, †Maui but extinct
215. Eragrostis maypurensis - Mexico, Central + South America
216. Eragrostis megalosperma F.Muell. ex Benth. - Queensland, New South Wales
217. Eragrostis membranacea - southern Africa
218. Eragrostis mexicana - from British Columbia to Uruguay
219. Eragrostis micrantha - southern Africa
220. Eragrostis microcarpa - Australia
221. Eragrostis microsperma - Angola
222. Eragrostis mildbraedii - Africa
223. Eragrostis milnei - Zambia
224. Eragrostis minor Host – little lovegrass, small lovegrass - Africa, Eurasia; naturalized in Australia, Americas
225. Eragrostis moggii - Mozambique, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng
226. Eragrostis mokensis - West Africa
227. Eragrostis mollior - Africa
228. Eragrostis montana - Southeast Asia
229. Eragrostis monticola - Hawaii
230. Eragrostis muerensis - Tanzania, Zambia
231. Eragrostis multicaulis - Asia
232. Eragrostis multiflora - Africa, southern Asia
233. Eragrostis neesii - Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
234. Eragrostis nigra - Asia
235. Eragrostis nigricans - South America
236. Eragrostis nindensis - Africa
237. Eragrostis nutans - Asia
238. Eragrostis obtusa - Lesotho, South Africa
239. Eragrostis obtusiflora - Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona
240. Eragrostis olida - Australia
241. Eragrostis oligostachya - Zambia
242. Eragrostis olivacea - Africa
243. Eragrostis omahekensis - Namibia
244. Eragrostis oreophila - Mexico
245. Eragrostis orthoclada - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
246. Eragrostis pallens - Africa
247. Eragrostis palmeri S.Watson - Mexico, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona
248. Eragrostis palustris - Cameroon
249. Eragrostis paniciformis - Africa
250. Eragrostis papposa - Spain, Africa, Arabia, Himalayas
251. Eragrostis paradoxa - Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
252. Eragrostis parviflora (R.Br.) Trin. - Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Is, New Caledonia
253. Eragrostis pascua - Eritrea, Ethiopia
254. Eragrostis pastoensis - South America
255. Eragrostis patens - Africa
256. Eragrostis patentipilosa - Africa
257. Eragrostis patentissima - Swaziland, South Africa
258. Eragrostis patula - Ecuador
259. Eragrostis paupera – dwarf eragrostis - Midway Atoll, Phoenix Is, Line Is, Kiribati
260. Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Jedwabn. – tufted lovegrass - North + South America
261. Eragrostis perbella - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
262. Eragrostis perennans - southern China
263. Eragrostis perennis - - Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
264. Eragrostis pergracilis - Australia
265. Eragrostis perplexa - Mexico, United States
266. Eragrostis perrieri - Madagascar
267. Eragrostis peruviana - Peru, Chile incl Desventuradas Islands
268. Eragrostis petraea - Western Australia, Northern Territory
269. Eragrostis petrensis - Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro)
270. Eragrostis phyllacantha - Zimbabwe, Botswana
271. Eragrostis pilgeri - Peru (Ancash, Cajamarca)
272. Eragrostis pilgeriana - Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Cape Province
273. Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P.Beauv. – soft lovegrass - Africa, Eurasia; naturalized in Australia + Americas
274. Eragrostis pilosissima - China, Vietnam
275. Eragrostis pilosiuscula - China
276. Eragrostis plana - Africa, Madagascar
277. Eragrostis planiculmis - southern Africa
278. Eragrostis plumbea - Mexico
279. Eragrostis plurigluma - Africa
280. Eragrostis plurinodis - Venezuela (Bolívar, Apure), Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas, Acre, Goiás, Roraima)
281. Eragrostis pobeguinii - West Africa
282. Eragrostis poculiformis - Tanzania
283. Eragrostis polytricha - Americas from Texas + Florida to Chile
284. Eragrostis porosa - Africa, Yemen
285. Eragrostis potamophila - Western Australia, Northern Territory
286. Eragrostis pringlei - Mexico
287. Eragrostis procumbens - South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe
288. Eragrostis prolifera - West Indies, northern South America, Galápagos, Central America, Mexico, Florida, west Africa
289. Eragrostis propinqua - Mauritius
290. Eragrostis psammophila - Somalia
291. Eragrostis × pseudobtusa - South Africa
292. Eragrostis pseudopoa - Tanzania, Limpopo
293. Eragrostis pubescens (R.Br.) Steud. - Thailand, Malaysia, Maluku, New Guinea, Australia
294. Eragrostis punctiglandulosa - Zambia
295. Eragrostis purpurascens - Lesser Antilles, Argentina, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay, Uruguay
296. Eragrostis pusilla Hack. 1896, not Scribn. ex Beal 1896 - southern Africa
297. Eragrostis pycnantha - Chile
298. Eragrostis pycnostachys - Kenya
299. Eragrostis pygmaea De Winter – dwarf lovegrass - Namibia
300. Eragrostis racemosa - Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar
301. Eragrostis raynaliana - Cameroon
302. Eragrostis refracta - southeastern + south-central United States; Suriname
303. Eragrostis rejuvenescens - Zaïre, Zambia, Angola
304. Eragrostis remotiflora - South Africa
305. Eragrostis reptans - Mexico, United States
306. Eragrostis retinens - Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, Córdoba), Uruguay, Paraguay
307. Eragrostis rigidiuscula - Australia
308. Eragrostis riobrancensis - Guyana, Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas)
309. Eragrostis riparia - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Philippines, New Guinea
310. Eragrostis rivalis - Belarus, Ukraine, southern European Russia
311. Eragrostis rogersii - southern Africa
312. Eragrostis rojasii - Mato Grosso do Sul, Argentina, Paraguay
313. Eragrostis rotifer - Africa
314. Eragrostis rottleri - Tamil Nadu
315. Eragrostis rufescens - from Veracruz to Paraguay
316. Eragrostis rufinerva - Hainan
317. Eragrostis sabinae - Namibia
318. Eragrostis sabulicola - Gabon, Congo Rep
319. Eragrostis sabulosa - Cape Province
320. Eragrostis sambiranensis - Madagascar
321. Eragrostis santapaui - Karnataka
322. Eragrostis saresberiensis - Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
323. Eragrostis sarmentosa - Africa, Madagascar
324. Eragrostis saxatilis Hemsl.
325. Eragrostis scabriflora Swallen
326. Eragrostis scaligera - St. Helena
327. Eragrostis scabriflora - Pacific Islands (Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Marianas, Line Is, Easter I)
328. Eragrostis scaligera - French Guiana, Brazil
329. Eragrostis schultzii - Australia
330. Eragrostis schweinfurthii - East Africa, Yemen, Sri Lanka
331. Eragrostis sclerantha - Africa
332. Eragrostis sclerophylla - Minas Gerais
333. Eragrostis scopelophila - Namibia
334. Eragrostis scotelliana - western + central Africa
335. Eragrostis secundiflora - North + South America
336. Eragrostis seminuda - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
337. Eragrostis sennii - Somalia, Kenya
338. Eragrostis sericata - Mozambique
339. Eragrostis sessilispica - Mexico, United States
340. Eragrostis setifolia - Australia
341. Eragrostis setulifera - Tanzania, Zambia
342. Eragrostis silveana - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Coahuila, Texas
343. Eragrostis simpliciflora - Central America, Chiapas
344. Eragrostis singuaensis - Cameroon
345. Eragrostis solida - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia
346. Eragrostis soratensis - Colombia, Peru, Bolivia
347. Eragrostis sororia - Queensland, New South Wales
348. Eragrostis spartinoides - Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Easter I, Line Is, Caroline Is
349. Eragrostis speciosa - Australia
350. Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel – purple lovegrass - North America
351. Eragrostis spicata - Texas, Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina
352. Eragrostis spicigera - Zambia
353. Eragrostis squamata - Africa
354. Eragrostis stagnalis - Northern Territory, Queensland
355. Eragrostis stapfii - southern Africa
356. Eragrostis stenostachya (R.Br.) Steud. - Northern Territory, Queensland
357. Eragrostis stenothyrsa - Namibia
358. Eragrostis sterilis - Australia
359. Eragrostis stolonifera - Madagascar
360. Eragrostis subaequiglumis - Madagascar, Aldabra
361. Eragrostis subglandulosa - Botswana, Namibia
362. Eragrostis subsecunda - China, Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia, Caroline Islands
363. Eragrostis subtilis - Northern Territory
364. Eragrostis superba Peyr. – heartseed grass - Africa
365. Eragrostis surreyana - Western Australia
366. Eragrostis swallenii - Mexico, Texas
367. Eragrostis sylviae - Malawi
368. Eragrostis tef (Zuccagni) Trotter - Arabian Peninsula, East Africa
369. Eragrostis tenellula - Australia
370. Eragrostis tenuifolia - Africa, southern Asia
371. Eragrostis tephrosanthes - North + South America
372. Eragrostis terecaulis - Bolivia
373. Eragrostis theinlwinii - Myanmar
374. Eragrostis thollonii - central Africa
375. Eragrostis tincta - southern Africa
376. Eragrostis trachyantha - Somalia
377. Eragrostis trachycarpa - Australia
378. Eragrostis tracyi - Florida
379. Eragrostis tremula - Africa, southern Asia
380. Eragrostis triangularis - Paraguay
381. Eragrostis trichocolea - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
382. Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt.) Alph.Wood – sand lovegrass - United States
383. Eragrostis tridentata - Somalia
384. Eragrostis trimucronata - Tanzania
385. Eragrostis triquetra - Queensland
386. Eragrostis truncata - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana
387. Eragrostis turgida - Africa
388. Eragrostis udawnensis - Thailand
389. Eragrostis unioloides - Asia, Papuasia, Queensland
390. Eragrostis urbaniana - West Indies
391. Eragrostis usambarensis - Tanzania
392. Eragrostis uvida - Northern Territory, Queensland
393. Eragrostis uzondoiensis - Tanzania
394. Eragrostis vacillans - Angola
395. Eragrostis vallsiana - Brazil
396. Eragrostis variabilis (Gaudich.) Hillebr. - Hawaii
397. Eragrostis variegata - Angola
398. Eragrostis vatovae - Somalia
399. Eragrostis venustula - Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia
400. Eragrostis vernix - Brazil (Pernambuco, Paraíba)
401. Eragrostis viguieri - Madagascar
402. Eragrostis virescens - North + South America
403. Eragrostis viscosa (Retz.) Trin.– sticky lovegrass - Africa, southern Asia; naturalized in parts of North + South America
404. Eragrostis volkensii - Africa
405. Eragrostis vulcanica - Bismarck Archipelago
406. Eragrostis walteri - Namibia
407. Eragrostis warburgii - Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea
408. Eragrostis weberbaueri - Peru, Chile
409. Eragrostis welwitschii - Africa
410. Eragrostis xerophila - Australia
411. Eragrostis zeylanica - Indian Subcontinent, Andaman Is, Myanmar, Vietnam

Formerly included^[3]

Many species now considered better suited to other genera, including Cladoraphis Coelachyrum Desmazeria Diplachne Ectrosia Festuca Harpachne Poa etc.

References

1. "Genus: Eragrostis Wolf". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
2. The International Plant Names Index
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Wolf, Nathanael Matthaeus von 1776. Genera Plantarum Vocabulis Characteristicis Definita 23.
5. Atlas of Living Australia, Eragrostis Wolf Love Grasses
6. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 471, 画眉草属 hua mei cao shu Eragrostis Wolf, Gen. Pl. 23. 1776.
7. Flora of Pakistan
8. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Eragrostis
9. Biota of North America Program 2013j county distribution maps
10. Sanbi Red List of South African Plants
11. "Eragrostis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
12. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. II E-O. CRC Press. p. 805. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
13. Freedman, Robert (1998): Famine Foods - Poaceae or Graminae. Version of 6 March 1998. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
14. Stapf, Otto. 1898. Flora Capensis 7: 316
15. Tropicos, Eragrostideae Stapf
16. "GRIN Species Records of Eragrostis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-25.

External links

• Interactive Key to Eragrostis of North America