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Taxon: Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. ex Steud.

 
Genus: Eragrostis
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Eragrostideae
Subtribe: Eragrostidinae
Nomen number: 27867
Place of publication: Nomencl. bot. ed. 2, 1:562. 1840
Link to protologue:
Comment: authorship verified from original literature
Name Verified on: 24-Feb-2002 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)

Common names:

  • thalia love grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English

Economic Importance:

  • Animal food: forage; forage
  • Weed:

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Africa
    • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco
    • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
    • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Central African Republic
    • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
    • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    Asia-Temperate
    • CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
    • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
    • INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
    • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines


    Naturalized

    Australasia
    • AUSTRALIA: Australia

    Northern America
    • United States (s.e.)


References:

  1. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
  2. Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: lists as E. atrovirens (Desf.) Trin.
  3. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  5. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: lists as Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Steud.
  6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  7. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  8. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: mentions
  9. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  10. Koch, S. D. 1978. Notes on the genus Eragrostis (Gramineae) in the southeastern United States. Rhodora 80:393.
  11. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia Note: lists as Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Nees ex Steud.
  12. Lazarides, M. 1997. A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 10:97-98.
  13. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
  16. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Steud.
  17. Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:167.
  18. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun Note: lists as Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Steud.

Check other web resources for Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. ex Steud. :

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=27867. Accessed 5 July 2024.