See other conspecific taxa:

• Eragrostis mexicana (0 accessions)
• Eragrostis mexicana subsp. virescens (0 accessions)

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

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

• Basionym: Poa mexicana Hornem.

Common names:

• Mexican love grass  (Source: Grass US) - English

Economic Importance:

• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Baja California Sur]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Buenos Aires, Río Negro] Uruguay


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• United States (n.)

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

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3. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
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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=402518. Accessed 6 July 2024.