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Eragrostis unioloides

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Name

Identification
Eragrostis unioloides (Retz.) Nees ex Steud. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Poa unioloides Retz. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Eragrostis amabilis
  • Eragrostis unioloides
  • Poa unioloides
  • Poa eragrostis
  • Eragrostis montana
  • Poa amabilis
  • Eragrostis euchroa
  • Eragrostis rubens
  • Eragrostis melayana

Flora

Entry for Eragrostis unioloides (Retz.) Nees ex Steud. [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 unioloides (Retz.) Nees ex Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 264 (1854).
Poa unioloides Retz. [family POACEAE], , Obs. Bot. 5: 19 (1789).
Information
Annual, 5–45 cm. high, the culms mostly simple; there is considerable variation in the size of spikelet and density of panicle; a wayside weed.
Habitat
; a wayside weed.
Range
Widespread in tropical Asia; now established in W. Africa and Guiana, and possibly in other localities in the tropics.
Distribution
Guin.: Conakry (Oct.) Adam 12615! Maneah (Dec.) Chillou 2312!S. L.: Port Loko (Oct.) Jordan 805! Brookfields (Aug.) Jordan 787! Kissy (Nov.) Deighton 2922! Hill Station (Aug.) Deighton 2031!Lib.: Monrovia (Aug.) Baldwin 13041! Kakota (July) Harley 1080! Harbel (Sept.) Baldwin 13387! Buchanan (Nov.) Adam 16059! Bahtown (Aug.) Baldwin 8040!

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