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Taxon: Eragrostis macilenta (A. Rich.) Steud.

Genus:

Eragrostis

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Eragrostideae

Subtribe:

Eragrostidinae

Nomen number:

15274

Place of publication:

Syn. pl. glumac. 1:268. 1854

Link to protologue:

Name Verified on:

02-Oct-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Basionym: Poa macilenta A. Rich.

Economic Importance:

Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Nigeria
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen

References:

Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun

Check other web resources for Eragrostis macilenta (A. Rich.) Steud. :

On-line Flora of Zimbabwe:
World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=15274. Accessed 5 July 2024.