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

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

• (≡) Poa nitida Elliott

Common names:

• Elliott's love grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• silverkärleksgräs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Oklahoma (s.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Florida, Georgia (s.), Louisiana, Mississippi (s.), North Carolina, South Carolina]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (e.)]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Tamaulipas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Michoacán de Ocampo, Quintana Roo, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Jamaica
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras

References:

1. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
3. Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
4. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:349.
5. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
7. Hitchcock, A. S. 1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies.
8. Peterson, P. M. & J. Valdés-Reyna. 2005. Eragrostis (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Eragrostideae: Eragrostidinae) from northeastern Mexico. Sida 21:1383-1385.
9. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2001. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41:90.
10. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.

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=459717. Accessed 5 July 2024.