Eriochrysis
Genus of grasses
Eriochrysis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
Subtribe: | Saccharinae |
Genus: | Eriochrysis P.Beauv. |
Type species | |
Eriochrysis cayennensis P.Beauv. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Eriochrysis is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]
- Species[1][5]
- 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[1]
see Miscanthus Saccharum
- Eriochrysis attenuata - Miscanthus fuscus
- Eriochrysis fusca - Miscanthus fuscus
- Eriochrysis giordaniana - Saccharum narenga
- Eriochrysis longifolia - Saccharum fallax
- Eriochrysis narenga - Saccharum narenga
- Eriochrysis porphyrocoma - Saccharum narenga
References
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie pages 8-9 description in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Palisot 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 5
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ The Plant List search for Eriochrysis
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