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Eragrostis poaeoides

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Name

Identification
Eragrostis minor Host [family POACEAE ] Eragrostis poaeoides P.Beauv. [family POACEAE ] Poa gangetica Roxb. [family POACEAE ] Eragrostis maderaspatana Bor [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Eragrostis willdenowiana Nees ex Hook. & Arn. [family POACEAE ] Verified by illegible,
Related name
  • Eragrostis poaeoides
  • Eragrostis minor
  • Eragrostis maderaspatana
  • Poa gangetica
  • Eragrostis barrelieri
  • Eragrostis limbata
  • Eragrostis willdenowiana
  • Eragrostis cilianensis

Flora

Entry for Eragrostis minor Host [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 2,
Names
Eragrostis minor Host [family POACEAE], Gram. Austr. 4: 15 (1809).
Poa eragrostis Linn. [family POACEAE], , Sp. Pl. 68 (1753)
Eragrostis poaeoides P. Beauv. [family POACEAE], , Ess. Agrost. 162 (1812)
Eragrostis poaeiformis Link [family POACEAE], (1827).
Information
Loosely tufted annual, 15–45 cm. high.
Range
widespread in temperate and subtropical regions
Distribution
Maur.: Dahr of Néma Rossetti 61/248!Sen.: Hann Adam 16909!
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Sudan
Kenya
Tanzania
Notes
Closely allied to E. cilianensis, differing in little but the size of the spikelet, and the broadly oblong grain, but the species intergrade and in our area the grain is similar to that of E. cilianensis.

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