, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted the following species of Eragrostis.
A
Eragrostis acamptoclada Cope – S. Tropical Africa Eragrostis acraea De Winter – S. Tropical & S. Africa Eragrostis acutiflora (Kunth) Nees – Tropical America Eragrostis acutiglumis Parodi – S. Brazil to N.E. Argentina Eragrostis aegyptiaca (Willd.) Delile – N. & W. Tropical Africa to Sudan Eragrostis aethiopica Chiov. – Ethiopia to S. Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula Eragrostis airoides Nees – Colombia to Venezuela, Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina Eragrostis alopecuroides Balansa – Indo-China Eragrostis alta Keng – Hainan Eragrostis alveiformis Lazarides – E. Australia Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. – Tropical & Subtrop. Old World Eragrostis amanda Clayton – Kenya Eragrostis ambleia Clayton – Somalia to Kenya Eragrostis ambohibengensis A.Camus – Madagascar Eragrostis ambositrensis A.Camus – Madagascar Eragrostis ambrensis A.Camus – Madagascar Eragrostis amurensis Prob. – S.E. Belarus to Russian Far East and Mongolia Eragrostis anacrantha Cope – Zambia Eragrostis anacranthoides Cope – Zambia Eragrostis andicola R.E.Fr. – Peru, N.W. Argentina Eragrostis annulata Rendle ex Scott Elliot – Angola to S. Africa Eragrostis apiculata Döll – Brazil (Minas Gerais) Eragrostis aquatica Honda – Japan (W. Honshu) Eragrostis arenicola C.E.Hubb. – Tropical & S. Africa Eragrostis aristata De Winter – Namibia Eragrostis aristiglumis Kabuye – S.W. Tanzania Eragrostis articulata (Schrank) Nees – Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina Eragrostis aspera (Jacq.) Nees – Africa, Arabian Peninsula, S. India, Indo-China Eragrostis astrepta S.M.Phillips – Ethiopia Eragrostis astreptoclada Cope – Tanzania to Zambia Eragrostis atropioides Hildebr. – Hawaiian Islands Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. ex Steud. – Tropical & Subtrop. Old World Eragrostis attenuata Hitchc. – S.W. Peru to N. Chile Eragrostis aurorae Launert – S. Tropical Africa Eragrostis australasica (Steud.) C.E.Hubb. – Australia Eragrostis autumnalis Keng – Central & S. China
B
Eragrostis bahamensis Hitchc. – Bahamas to Turks-Caicos Islands Eragrostis bahiensis Schult. – Mexico to S. Tropical America Eragrostis balgooyi Veldkamp – New Guinea (Kep. Aru) Eragrostis barbinodis Hack. – Mozambique to S. Africa Eragrostis barbulata Stapf – Myanmar Eragrostis barrelieri Daveau – Macaronesia to Arabian Peninsula, Mediterranean to Pakistan Eragrostis barteri C.E.Hubb. – W. Tropical Africa to Chad Eragrostis basedowii Jedwabn. – Australia Eragrostis bemarivensis A.Camus – Madagascar Eragrostis bergiana (Kunth) Trin. – S. Africa Eragrostis berteroniana (Schult.) Steud. – Cuba to Hispaniola Eragrostis betsileensis A.Camus – Madagascar Eragrostis bicolor Nees – S. Tropical & S. Africa Eragrostis biflora Hack. – Ethiopia, S. Tropical & S. Africa Eragrostis blepharostachya K.Schum. – W. Tropical Africa Eragrostis boinensis A.Camus – Madagascar Eragrostis boivinii Steud. – Madagascar Eragrostis boriana Launert – Iraq Eragrostis botryodes Clayton – Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa Eragrostis brainii (Stent) Launert – S. Tropical Africa Eragrostis braunii Schweinf. – N.E. & E. Tropical Africa to Arabian Peninsula Eragrostis brizantha Nees – S. Africa Eragrostis brownii (Kunth) Nees – Tropical & Subtrop. Asia to Easter I Eragrostis burmanica Bor – S. India, W. Indo-China
C
Eragrostis caesia Stapf – Zimbabwe to S .Africa Eragrostis caespitosa Chiov. – Somalia to Mozambique Eragrostis camerunensis Clayton – Nigeria to Cameroon Eragrostis canescens C.E.Hubb. – Tanzania to Malawi Eragrostis caniflora Rendle – Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa Eragrostis capensis (Thunb.) Trin. – Congo to Ethiopia and S. Africa, Madagascar Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees – E. Canada to Central Mexico Eragrostis capitula Lazarides – Queensland Eragrostis capitulifera Chiov. – Ethiopia to N. Kenya Eragrostis capuronii A.Camus – Madagascar Eragrostis cassa Lazarides – Queensland Eragrostis castellaneana Buscal. & Muschl. – Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa Eragrostis cataclasta Nicora – Brazil to N.E. Argentina Eragrostis cenolepis Clayton – W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon Eragrostis chabouisii Bosser – Madagascar Eragrostis chalarothyrsos C.E.Hubb. – W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Tanzania Eragrostis chapelieri (Kunth) Nees – Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar Eragrostis chiquitaniensis Killeen – Bolivia to Paraguay Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Janch. – Old World Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R.Br. – Tropical & Subtrop. Old World Eragrostis ciliata (Roxb.) Nees – India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Hainan, Jawa Eragrostis cimicina Launert – S. Tropical & S. Africa Eragrostis coarctata Stapf – Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China Eragrostis collina Trin. – E. Europe to N.W. China and Iran Eragrostis collinensis Vivek, G.V.S.Murthy & V.J.Nair – S.W. India Eragrostis comptonii De Winter – Swaziland Eragrostis concinna (R.Br.) Steud. – N. Australia Eragrostis condensata (J.Presl) Steud. – Ecuador Eragrostis conertii Lobin – Cape Verde Eragrostis confertiflora J.M.Black – Australia Eragrostis congesta Oliv. – Congo to Kenya and KwaZulu-Natal Eragrostis contrerasii R.W.Pohl – S. Mexico to Guatemala Eragrostis crassinervis Hack. – Zimbabwe to S. Africa Eragrostis crateriformis Lazarides – N.W. & Central Australia Eragrostis cubensis Hitchc. – Cuba, Jamaica Eragrostis cumingii Steud. – Tropical & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia Eragrostis curtipedicellata Buckley – Central & S.E. U.S.A. to N.E. Mexico Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees – Cameroon to Eritrea and S. Africa Eragrostis cylindrica (Roxb.) Arn. – Nepal, S.E. China to Vietnam, Taiwan Eragrostis cylindriflora Hochst. – Africa
D
Eragrostis deccanensis Bor – S. India Eragrostis decumbens Renvoize – Aldabra Eragrostis deflexa Hitchc. – Hawaiian Islands Eragrostis dentifera Launert – Zambia Eragrostis desertorum Domin – Australia Eragrostis desolata Launert – E. Zimbabwe to Northern Province Eragrostis dielsii Pilg. – Australia Eragrostis dinteri Stapf – Angola to Botswana Eragrostis divaricata Cope – S. DR Congo to Zambia Eragrostis duricaulis B.S.Sun & S.Wang – China (Yunnan) Eragrostis dyskritos Lasut – Sulawesi
E
Eragrostis ecarinata Lazarides – Northern Territory Eragrostis echinochloidea Stapf – Zimbabwe to S. Africa Eragrostis egregia Clayton – W. Tropical Africa Eragrostis elatior Stapf – Cape Province Eragrostis elegantissima Chiov. – W. Tropical Africa to Eritrea Eragrostis elliottii (Elliott) S.Watson – Central & S. U.S.A. to Honduras, Caribbean Eragrostis elongata (Willd.) J.Jacq. – Tropical & Subtrop. Asia to Australia Eragrostis episcopulus Lambdon, Darlow, Clubbe & Cope – St. Helena Eragrostis eriopoda Benth. – Australia Eragrostis erosa Scribn. ex Beal – S. Central U.S.A. to N. Mexico Eragrostis exasperata Peter – Kenya to S. Tropical Africa Eragrostis exelliana Launert – Tanzania to Zambia Eragrostis exigua Lazarides – Australia
F
Eragrostis falcata (Gaudich.) Steud. – Australia Eragrostis fallax Lazarides – N. Australia Eragrostis fastigiata Cope – Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) Eragrostis fauriei Ohwi – Taiwan Eragrostis fenshamii B.K.Simon – S. Queensland Eragrostis ferruginea (Thunb.) P.Beauv. – Himalaya to Temp. E. Asia Eragrostis filicaulis Lazarides – Australia Eragrostis fimbrillata Cope – Zambia Eragrostis flavicans Rendle – Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa Eragrostis fosbergii Whitney – Hawaiian Islands Eragrostis frankii Steud. – E. U.S.A. to Texas Eragrostis friesii Pilg. – S. Tropical Africa to Caprivi Strip
G
Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud. – Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Borneo Eragrostis georgii A.Chev. – Gabon Eragrostis glandulosipedata De Winter – S. Tropical & S. Africa Eragrostis glischra Launert – Zimbabwe Eragrostis gloeodes Ekman – Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Eragrostis gloeophylla S.M.Phillips – E. Ethiopia to Somalia Eragrostis glutinosa (Sw.) Trin. – Cuba, Jamaica Eragrostis grandis Hildebr. – Hawaiian Islands Eragrostis guatemalensis Withersp. – Mexico to Guatemala Eragrostis guianensis Hitchc. – Venezuela to Guyana and N. Brazil Eragrostis gummiflua Nees – S. Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar
H
Eragrostis habrantha Rendle – S. Tropical & S. Africa Eragrostis hainanensis L.C.Chia – Hainan Eragrostis henryi Vivek, G.V.S.Murthy & V.J.Nair – India (Tamil Nadu) Eragrostis heteromera Stapf – Eritrea to S. Africa Eragrostis hierniana Rendle – Tanzania to S. Africa Eragrostis hildebrandtii Jedwabn. – Madagascar Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nees – Central & S.E. U.S.A. to Mexico Eragrostis hirta E.Fourn. – Mexico to Honduras Eragrostis hirticaulis Lazarides – N. Northern Territory Eragrostis hispida K.Schum. – South Sudan to S. Tropical Africa Eragrostis homblei De Wild. – Tanzania to Zambia Eragrostis homomalla Nees – Kenya to S. Africa Eragrostis hondurensis R.W.Pohl – S. Mexico to Central America Eragrostis hugoniana Rendle – China (Shaanxi) Eragrostis humbertii A.Camus – Madagascar Eragrostis humidicola Napper – DR Congo to E. Tropical Africa Eragrostis humifusa C.Cordem. – Réunion Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – America
I–K
Eragrostis inamoena K.Schum. – Kenya to S. Africa Eragrostis incrassata Cope – Somalia Eragrostis infecunda J.M.Black – S.E. Australia Eragrostis intermedia Hitchc. – Central & E. U.S.A. to Colombia Eragrostis interrupta P.Beauv. – E. Australia Eragrostis invalida Pilg. – W. & W. Central Tropical Africa Eragrostis jacobsiana B.K.Simon – N. Queensland Eragrostis jainii Vivek, G.V.S.Murthy & V.J.Nair – S.W. India Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin. – Tropical & Subtrop. Old World Eragrostis jerichoensis B.K.Simon – Central Queensland Eragrostis kennedyae F.Turner – Australia Eragrostis kingesii De Winter – Namibia to Cape Province Eragrostis kohorica Quézel – Chad (Tibesti) Eragrostis kuchariana S.M.Phillips – Somalia Eragrostis kuschelii Skottsb. – Desventuradas Islands
L
Eragrostis lacunaria F.Muell. – Australia Eragrostis laevissima Hack. – Namibia to Botswana Eragrostis lanicaulis Lazarides – Australia Eragrostis laniflora Benth. – Australia Eragrostis lanipes C.E.Hubb. – Western Australia to South Australia Eragrostis lappula Nees – Kenya to S. Africa Eragrostis lateritica Bosser – Madagascar Eragrostis latifolia Cope – Zimbabwe Eragrostis leersiiformis Launert – Tanzania to Namibia Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees – S. Tropical & S. Africa Eragrostis lepida (A.Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. – N.E. Tropical Africa to Kenya, Arabian Peninsula Eragrostis lepidobasis Cope – Zambia Eragrostis leptocarpa Benth. – Australia Eragrostis leptophylla Hitchc. – Hawaiian Islands Eragrostis leptostachya (R.Br.) Steud. – E. & S.E. Australia Eragrostis leptotricha Cope – Zimbabwe to Botswana Eragrostis leucosticta Nees ex Döll – Brazil to Paraguay Eragrostis lichiangensis Jedwabn. – China (N.W. Yunnan) Eragrostis lingulata Clayton – W. Tropical Africa Eragrostis longifolia (A.Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. – Ethiopia, Yemen Eragrostis longipedicellata B.K.Simon – S.E. Queensland Eragrostis longiramea Swallen – Mexico Eragrostis lugens Nees – Central & S.E. U.S.A. to El Salvador, S. Tropical America to Argentina Eragrostis lurida J.Presl – W. South America Eragrostis lutensis Cope – Somalia Eragrostis lutescens Scribn. – W. & W. Central U.S.A
M
Eragrostis macilenta (A.Rich.) Steud. – Tropical Africa, Madagascar, S.W. Arabian Peninsula, India Eragrostis macrochlamys Pilg. – S. Africa Eragrostis macrothyrsa Hack. – Bolivia to Brazil (Mato Grosso di Sul, Santa Catarina) Eragrostis maderaspatana Bor – India, Sri Lanka Eragrostis magna Hitchc. – Peru Eragrostis mahrana Schweinf. – N.E. Tropical Africa to Arabian Peninsula Eragrostis majungensis A.Camus – Madagascar Eragrostis mandrarensis A.Camus – Madagascar Eragrostis mariae Launert – Zambia