Eriochloa
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Eriochloa

caribgrass
cupgrass

Hierarchical position of the Genus Eriochloa

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Poales Small
pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.
  
   Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh.
pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons.
common name: Gramineae
  
   Familia  Gramineae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 28. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Eriochloa Kunth
common name: cupgrass

Named members of the Genus Eriochloa

1
   Species  acuminata (J. Presl) Kunth
 
2
   Varietas  acuminata
common name: tapertip cupgrass
3
   Varietas  minor (Vasey) R.B. Shaw
common name: tapertip cupgrass
4
   Species  aristata Vasey
common name: bearded cupgrass
5
   Species  contracta A.S. Hitchc.
common name: prairie cupgrass
6
   Species  fatmensis (Hochst. & Steud.) W.D. Clayton
common name: tropical cupgrass
7
   Species  gracilis (Fourn.) A.S. Hitchc.
 
8
   Varietas  minor (Vasey) A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Eriochloa acuminata var. minor
9
   Species  leersioides (Munro) Hack.
common name: sharp cupgrass
10
   Species  lemmonii Vasey & Scribn.
 
11
   Varietas  gracilis (Fourn.) Gould
syn. Eriochloa acuminata var. acuminata
12
   Species  michauxii (Poir.) A.S. Hitchc.
 
13
   Varietas  michauxii
common name: longleaf cupgrass
14
   Varietas  simpsonii A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Simpson's cupgrass
15
   Species  nubica (Steud.) Thellung
syn. Eriochloa fatmensis
16
   Species  polystachya Kunth
common name: Caribgrass
17
   Species  procera auct. non (Retz.) C.E. Hubbard
syn. Eriochloa fatmensis
18
   Species  pseudoacrotricha (Stapf ex Thellung) C.E. Hubbard ex S.T.
common name: perennial cupgrass
19
   Species  punctata (L.) Desv. ex Hamilton
 
20
   Varietas  minor Vasey
syn. Eriochloa acuminata var. minor
21
   Species  ramosa (Retz.) Kuntze
 
22
   Varietas  pseudoacrotricha Stapf ex Thellung
syn. Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha
23
   Species  sericea (Scheele) Munro ex Vasey
common name: Texas cupgrass
24
   Species  subglabra (Nash) A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Eriochloa polystachya
25
   Species  villosa (Thunb.) Kunth
common name: hairy cupgrass

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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