Eriochloa is a widespread genus of plantsKunth, Karl Sigismund 1815. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: 94–95 in LatinKunth, Karl Sigismund 1815. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: plates XXX-XXXI (30-31) line drawings of Eriochloa distachya and Eriochloa polystachya in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia.Tropicos, Eriochloa Kunth Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 500, 524 野黍属 ye shu shu Eriochloa Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 94. 1816. Atlas of Living AustraliaUnited States Department of Agriculture Plants Database, Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Eriochloa KunthJepson Manual TreatmentGrass Manual Treatment
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps Eriochloa acuminata – tapertip cupgrass - Mexico, southern USA (from CA to MD + FL), northern Argentina Eriochloa aristata – bearded cupgrass - Mexico, USA (AZ, CA, MS) Eriochloa australiensis - Australia Eriochloa boliviensis - Bolivia Eriochloa boxiana - Mexico, Central America, Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela Eriochloa contracta – prairie cupgrass - Mexico, USA (from CA to FL to MN), Ontario Eriochloa crebra - Australia Eriochloa distachya - Central + South America Eriochloa fatmensis – tropical cupgrass - sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula Eriochloa grandiflora - Santa Cruz in Bolivia, Paraguay, Misiones in Argentina, Minas Gerais in Brazil Eriochloa lemmonii – canyon cupgrass - USA (AZ, NM), northern + central Mexico Eriochloa macclounii - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana Eriochloa meyeriana - sub-Saharan Africa, Aldabra, Madagascar, Yemen Eriochloa michauxii – long-leaved cupgrass - USA (AL FL GA SC) Eriochloa montevidensis - Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador Eriochloa nana - Argentina (Formosa, Corrientes, Santiago del Estero) Eriochloa nelsonii - Mexico, Central America Eriochloa pacifica - Peru, Ecuador incl Galápagos Eriochloa parvispiculata - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Eswatini, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal Eriochloa peruviana - Peru, Ecuador Eriochloa polystachya – caribgrass - Chiapas, Central America, West Indies, northern South America Eriochloa procera - Australia, New Guinea, southeast Asia, China, Indian Subcontinent, East Africa Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha - Australia Eriochloa punctata – Louisiana cupgrass - Central America, West Indies, South America, Mexico, USA (TX LA GA MD) Eriochloa rovumensis - Tanzania, Mozambique Eriochloa sericea – Texas cupgrass - USA (TX OK KS), Coahuila, Tamaulipas Eriochloa setosa - Cuba Eriochloa stapfiana - Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Eswatini, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal Eriochloa stevensii - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru Eriochloa subulifera - Aldabra, Madagascar Eriochloa succincta - southern European Russia, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan Eriochloa tridentata - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina Eriochloa villosa – hairy cupgrass - Russia (Amur, Primorye, Khabarovsk), China incl Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Japan incl Ryukyu Is Eriochloa weberbaueri - Peru, Ecuador
formerly included see Ancistrachne Axonopus Brachiaria Isachne Panicum Paspalum Tricholaena Urochloa
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