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Taxon:  Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.



Summary
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Nomen number:
27861
Place of publication:
R. Wight, Cat. Ind. pl. 105. 1834 (Nees in W. J. Hooker & G. A. W. Arnott, Bot. Beechey Voy. 251. 1838)
Comment:
authorship verified from original literature (K. Gandhi, pers. comm. via e-mail on 8 Feb 2008)
Verified:
02/08/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960 Note: lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.
  2. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt checklist. 1995 Note: accepts; lists as E. amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn.
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959- Note: lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Hook. & Arn.
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980- Note: lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Hook. & Arn.
  5. Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994 Note: accepts
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- Note: accepts; lists as E. amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn.
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- Note: accepts
  8. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973- Note: accepts
  9. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource). http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972 Note: lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Hook. & Arn.
  11. Koch, S. D. 1978. Notes on the genus Eragrostis (Gramineae) in the southeastern United States. Rhodora 80:399.
  12. Koyama, T. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. 1987 Note: lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Hook. & Arn.
  13. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980 Note: lists as E. amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn.
  14. Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:309. Note: accepts; lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.
  15. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2001. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41:82. Note: accepts
  16. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). Note: accepts
  17. Releford, J. S. et al. 2009. Flora of Rongelap and Ailinginae Atolls, Republic of the Marshalls Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 572:1-13. Note: accepts
  18. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991 Note: lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Hook. & Arn.
  19. Termeh, F. 2000. New records of the family Gramineae from Iran. Rostaniha 1:23. Note: accepts
  20. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- Note: lists as E. amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn.
  21. Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:164. Note: accepts
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