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Eragrostis

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Eragrostis

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Also known as lovegrass, canegrass

Eragrostis 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

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South
Observations recorded557,822

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
10,777
With media
5,965
Family
Poaceae
Collections
INECOL, GH, FC-UNAM, CICY, RENO, UJAT
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

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Encyclopedic overview

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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 .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eragrostis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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