Eriochrysis is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie pages 8-9 description in Latin, commentary in FrenchPalisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IV (4), figure XI (11 a-e at lower right) line drawing of Eriochrysis cayennensis; figure captions on caption page 5Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Eriochrysis Eriochrysis brachypogon (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini Eriochrysis cayennensis P.Beauv. - tropical Americas from Chiapas to Uruguay Eriochrysis × concepcionensis Killeen - Bolivia, Brazil (E. cayennensis × E. laxa) Eriochrysis filiformis (Hack.) Filg. - Brazil, Paraguay Eriochrysis holcoides (Nees) Kuhlm. - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay Eriochrysis laxa Swallen - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina Eriochrysis pallida Munro - tropical + southern Africa - from Guinea to KwaZulu-Natal Eriochrysis purpurata (Rendle) Stapf - tropical Africa from Congo Rep to Zimbabwe Eriochrysis rangacharii C.E.C.Fisch. - Tamil Nadu Eriochrysis villosa Swallen - Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) Eriochrysis warmingiana (Hack.) Kuhlm. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
formerly included see Miscanthus Saccharum
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