Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description
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Flora of Zimbabwe
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Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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USDA, NRCS. 2007. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100004579
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Algeria (Africa & Madagascar)
Angola (Africa & Madagascar)
Argentina (South America)
Australia (Oceania)
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Canada (North America)
Chile (South America)
Cameroon (Africa & Madagascar)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Ethiopia (Africa & Madagascar)
French Guiana (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
India (Asia)
Italy (Europe)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Peru (South America)
Paraguay (South America)
Suriname (South America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
United States (North America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Uruguay (South America)
Venezuela (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002289
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Soreng, R. J., G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, E. J. Judziewicz, T. S. Filgueiras & O. Morrone. 2003 and onwards. On-line taxonomic novelties and updates, distributional additions and corrections, and editorial changes since the four published volumes of the Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. vols. 39, 41, 46, and 48. http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG:. In R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras, E. J. Judziewicz & O. Morrone Internet Cat. New World Grasses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1024044
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Negritto, M. A., L. R. Servivanti & A. M. Anton. 2003. 19. Poaceae, parte 5. Tribu Eragrostideae. 86: 1–68. In Fl. Fan. Argent. Museo Botánico, IMBIV, Córdoba.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1024967
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Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A. O. Chater. (eds.) 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: i–xvi, 1–543.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/8200
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Sharp, D. & B. K. Simon. 2002. AusGrass: Grasses of Australia. CD-ROM, Version 1.0. CD–ROM.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1026312
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Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 92–1(2): 1–557.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1024162
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Peterson, P. M. & S. C. Boechat. 2001. Eragrostis. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41: 81–115.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1003697
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Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100008595
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Morales, J. F. 2003. Poaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93: 598–821.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100008963
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USDA, NRCS. 2007. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100004579
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Ecology
Habitat
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 0
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Associations
Known predators
Orthoptera
Tenebrionidae
Curculionidae
Leporidae
Oryx
Gerbillus
Based on studies in:
Namibia, Namib Desert (Desert or dune)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- E. Holm and C. H. Scholtz, Structure and pattern of the Namib Desert dune ecosystem at Gobabeb, Madoqua 12(1):3-39, from p. 21 (1980).
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SPIRE
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Locations of barcode samples
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
| Specimen Records: | 204 | Public Records: | 33 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 262 | Public Species: | 18 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 231 | Public BINs: | 0 |
| Species: | 80 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 67 | ||
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Barcode data
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Wikipedia
Eragrostis
Eragrostis (lovegrass)[2] is genus of the Poaceae (grass family) and the type genus of the tribe Eragrostideae. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words ερως (eros), meaning "love," and αγρωστις (agrostis), meaning "grass."[3]
Some are dispersed by passing animals; the grains' hooks latch on to fur or hair, or to clothes. Others are wind or gravity dispersed. Several herbivores feed on lovegrass, be they invertebrates – e.g. Lepidoptera caterpillars such as those of the Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon) – or vertebrates, such as the extinct Bluebuck (Hippotragus leucophaeus). The dense bunches of these grasses also provide cover for small animals such as the rare Botteri's Sparrow (Aimophila botterii); lovegrasses may be ground cover of key importance on oceanic islands like Laysan, where other plants are rare.
They can be used as livestock fodder, the seeds appear to be of extremely high nutritional value at least in some species, but they are also extremely tiny and collecting them for food is cumbersome and not usually done. A notable exception is Teff (E. tef), used to make most of the traditional breads of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopian injera and Somalian laxoox, and grown as a crop of commercial importance. E. clelandii and E. tremula are recorded as famine foods in Australia and Chad, respectively.[4]
Other species, e.g. E. amabilis, are used as ornamental plants. E. cynosuroides is used in the pūjā rites in the Hindu temple at Karighatta. Bahia Lovegrass (E. bahiensis) is known as a hyperaccumulator of Caesium-137 and can be grown to remove these highly toxic and radioactive atoms from the environment. Weeping lovegrass (E. curvula) has been planted extensively to combat soil erosion.
Selected species [edit]
Formerly placed here [edit]
- Briza uniolae (Nees) Steud. (as E. uniolae Nees)
- Coelachyrum piercei (Benth.) Bor (as E. piercei Benth.)
- Coelachyrum yemenicum (Schweinf.) S.M.Phillips (as E. yemenica Schweinf.)
- Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf (as E. cynosuriodes (Retz.) P.Beauv.)
- Eragrostiella brachyphylla (Stapf) Bor (as E. brachyphylla Stapf)
- Harpachne schimperi Hochst. ex A.Rich. (as E. schimperi (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Benth.)
- Leptochloa decipiens subsp. asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) N.Snow (as E. ciliolata Jedwabn.)
- Poa fendleriana subsp. fendleriana (as E. fendleriana Steud.)[5]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Genus: Eragrostis Wolf". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ a b "Eragrostis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. II E-O. CRC Press. p. 805. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
- ^ Freedman, Robert (1998): Famine Foods - Poaceae or Graminae. Version of 6 March 1998. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
- ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Eragrostis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
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Diandrochloa
Diandrochloa is a genus of plants in the family Poaceae.
Species
- Diandrochloa diarrhena (Schult.) A.N.Henry
- Diandrochloa diplachnoides (Steud.) A.N.Henry
- Diandrochloa glomerata (Walter) Burkart
- Diandrochloa japonica (Thunb.) A.N.Henry
- Diandrochloa namaquensis (Nees) De Winter
- Diandrochloa pusilla (Hack.) De Winter
- List source : [2]
References
- ^ The Genus was first identified and named in Bothalia. A Record of Contributions from the National Herbarium, Union of South Africa. Pretoria vii. 387 (1960). "Plant Name Details for Genus Diandrochloa". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=17888-1. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ "Query Results for Genus Diandrochloa". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_genus=Diandrochloa&find_rankToReturn=spec&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
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Acamptoclados
Acamptoclados is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.[1]
References
- ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/acamptoc.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
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