Eragrostis ciliaris

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Family:POACEAE
Species:Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R. Br.
Common Name:Gopher Tail Lovegrass
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Growth Habit:Herb
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Category:Vascular
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Status:Not Native, FACU (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Eragrostis
Species Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R. Br. - Gopher Tail Lovegrass

Citation

Citation Eragrostis ciliaris (Linnaeus) R. Brown, in Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire 478. 1818.
Basionym: Poa ciliaris Linnaeus 1759.
Type: JAMAICA: Without data, Browne s.n. (lectotype: LINN 87.66). Lectotypified by Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 121. 1908.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cynodon ciliaris Cynodon ciliaris (Linnaeus) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302. 1825.Poa ciliaris Linnaeus 1759. 
Eragrostis boryana Eragrostis boryana (Willdenow) Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 1: 562. 1840.Poa boryana Willdenow 1809. 
Eragrostis ciliaris var. brachystachya Eragrostis ciliaris (Linnaeus) R. Brown, var. brachystachya Boissier, Fl. Orient. 5: 582. 1884.  
Eragrostis ciliaris var. comta Eragrostis ciliaris (Linnaeus) R. Brown, var. comta (Link) Schrader, Linnaea 12: 451. 1838.Eragrostis comta Link 1827 
Eragrostis ciliaris var. latifolia Eragrostis ciliaris (Linnaeus) R. Brown, var. latifolia Hackel, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 78: 403. 1905. MOZAMBIQUE: Tete, Boroma, s.d., Menyhart 1125 (holotype: ?; isotype: M).
Eragrostis ciliaris var. laxa Eragrostis ciliaris (Linnaeus) R. Brown, var. laxa Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 774. 1891. "West Indies"
Eragrostis comta Eragrostis comta Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 193. 1827. URUGUAY: Montevideo, s.d., Sellow s.n. (holotype: B).
Eragrostis lobata Eragrostis lobata Trinius, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Petersbourg, Ser. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 396. 1830.  
Eragrostis pulchella Eragrostis pulchella Parlatore, Atti Congr. Sci. Ital. 8: 586. 1847. CAPE VERDE ISLANDS: Without data, Hooker 81 (holotype: ?; isotype: K).
Eragrostis villosa Eragrostis villosa Trinius, Fund. Agrost. 137. 1820, nom. illegit.Eragrostis ciliaris (Linnaeus) R. Brown 1820; Poa ciliaris Linnaeus 1759.  
Macroblepharus contractus Macroblepharus contractus Philippi, Linnaea 29: 101. 1858. CHILE
Megastachya boryana Megastachya boryana (Willdenow) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 592. 1817.Poa boryana Willdenow 1809. 
Megastachya ciliaris Megastachya ciliaris (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 74, 167, 174. 1812.Poa ciliaris Linnaeus 1759. 
Poa boryana Poa boryana Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 109. 1809.  
Poa ciliaris Poa ciliaris Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 875. 1759. JAMAICA: Without data, Browne s.n. (lectotype: LINN 87.66). Lectotypified by Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 121. 1908.
Poa comta Poa comta (Link) Kunth, Revis. Gramin. 113. 1829.Eragrostis comta Link 1827. 
Poa elegans Poa elegans Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 87. 1804. PUERTO RICO: Without data, Ledru s.n. (holotype: P).
Poa lepida Poa lepida A. Richard, Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 424. 1850.  
Eragrostis simplex    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

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Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: NY, UNA

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Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00004078 s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R. Br. var. ciliaris
NY01884907 s.d. Samuel B. Buckley
s.n.		 NY
Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R.Br.
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