Eragrostis
Sign in to saveEragrostis is a large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.
Species
love-grasses
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South
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Research
440 papers- Eragrostis curvula, a Model Species for Diplosporous Apomixis.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
- Nutritional Values of Teff (Eragrostis tef) in Diabetic Patients: Narrative Review.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022
- Transcriptomic Profile of Tef (Eragrostis tef) in Response to Drought.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Chemical composition and food uses of teff (Eragrostis tef).Food chemistry · 2018
- A Review on Factors Influencing the Fermentation Process of Teff (Eragrostis teff) and Other Cereal-Based Ethiopian Injera.International journal of food science · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Eragrostideae
- Image
- Starr 990623-0918 Eragrostis paupera.jpg
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Eragrostis is a large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.
Eragrostis is commonly known as lovegrass or canegrass. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words (), meaning , and (), meaning .