Eragrostis minor

Family:POACEAE
Species:Eragrostis minor Host
Common Name:Little Lovegrass
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Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
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Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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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 minor Host - Little Lovegrass

Citation

Citation Eragrostis minor Host, Fl. Austriac. [Host] 1: 135. 1827.
Basionym: REPLACED: Poa eragrostis L. 1753.
Type: ITALY: Without data, Baecker s.n. (lectotype: LINN 87.23). Lectotypified by Clayton, in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Gramineae 2: 234. 1974.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Eragrostis minor var. typica Eragrostis minor Host, var. typica Beck, Fl. Nieder-Oesterreich 1: 88. 1890, nom. inadmiss.Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 
Eragrostis multiflora var. pappiana Eragrostis multiflora (Forsskal) Ascherson, var. pappiana Chiovenda, Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma. 8: 65. 1903. ERITREA: Samhar: Saati, 8 Mar 1892, Terracciano & Pappi 2868 (holotype: P).
Eragrostis pappiana Eragrostis pappiana (Chiovenda) Chiovenda, Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 371. 1908.Eragrostis multiflora (Forsskal) Ascherson, var. pappiana Chiovenda 1903. 
Eragrostis pilosa var. minor Eragrostis pilosa (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, var. minor (Host) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 353. 1898, non Grisebach & Schenk 1852.Eragrostis minor Host 1809. 
Eragrostis poaeoides var. laxiflora Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes, var. laxiflora Döll, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(3): 149. 1878. BRAZIL: Without data, Widgren et al. s.n. (holotype: S).
Eragrostis vulgaris Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre, Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris 641. 1845, nom. illegit.Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 
Eragrostis vulgaris subsp. minor Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre, subsp. minor (Host) Rouy, Fl. France 14: 263. 1913, nom. illegit.Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre 1845, nom. illegit.; Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 
Eragrostis vulgaris subsp. poaeoides Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre, subsp. poaeoides (Husnot) R. C. V. Douin, in Bonner & R. C. V. Douin, Ill. Fl. France 12: 32. 1927-1932, nom. inadmiss.Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link, subsp. poaeoides Husnot 1898; Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes 1817, nom. illegit.; Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 
Eragrostis vulgaris var. microstachya Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre, var. microstachya Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre, Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris 641. 1845, nom. inadmiss.Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre 1845, nom. illegit.; Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 
Eragrostis vulgaris var. poaeoides Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre, var. poaeoides (Husnot) Douin, in Bonnier & Douin, Fl. Ill. France 12: 32. 1934, nom. inadmiss.Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link, subsp. poaeoides Husnot 1898; Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes 1817, nom. illegit.; Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 
Eragrostis cilianensis subsp. poaeoides Eragrostis cilianensis (Allioni) Vignolo-Lutati ex Janchen, subsp. poaeoides (Husnot) Maire & Weiller, in Maire, Fl. Afr. Nord 2: 175. 1953.Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link, subsp. poaeoides Husnot 1898; Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes 1817, nom. illegit.; Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 
Eragrostis eragrostis var. microstachya Eragrostis eragrostis (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, var. microstachya (Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre) Farwell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 306. 1927, nom. inadmiss.Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre, var. microstachya Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre 1845, nom. inadmiss.; Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre 1845, nom. illegit.; Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis L 
Eragrostis megastachya subsp. poaeoides Eragrostis megastachya Koeler, subsp. poaeoides Husnot, Graminees 55. 1898.Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes 1817, nom. illegit.; Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 
Eragrostis poaeformis Eragrostis poiformis Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 188. 1827, nom. illegit.Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753.  
Eragrostis poaeoides var. typica Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes, var. typica Fiori & Paoletti, Fl. Italia 1: 82. 1896, nom. inadmiss.Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes 1817, nom. illegit.; Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 
Poa eragrostis Poa eragrostis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 68. 1753. ITALY: Without data, Baecker s.n. (lectotype: LINN 87.23). Lectotypified by Clayton, in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Gramineae 2: 234. 1974.
Eragrostis eragrostis Eragrostis eragrostis (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 71, 174, pl 14(11). 1812, nom. inadmiss.Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 
Eragrostis poaeoides Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 574. 1817, nom. illegit.Eragrostis minor Host 1809; Poa eragrostis Linnaeus 1753. 

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Conecuh, Dallas, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lawrence, Lee, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Pike, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 2023 - 2023

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
SAMF0001310 Marengo 24 Jul 2011 England, J. Kevin
3083
SAMF
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000027244 Jackson 27 Jun 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
898
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000033699 Conecuh 06 Jun 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12912
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000017238 Conecuh 13 Sep 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3617
AUA
Eragrostis Minor Host
UNA00056259 Geneva 04 Oct 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12210
UNA
Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000017242 Winston 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12030
AUA
Eragrostis Minor Host
TROY000028287 Butler 04 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19884
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0008972 DeKalb 30 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12795
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000039708 Marengo 24 Jul 2011 England, J. Kevin
3083
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
ALNHS00004868 Montgomery 09 Sep 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2499
ALNHS
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101595 Jackson 21 Sep 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9988
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000034823 Tuscaloosa 05 Nov 2010 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13302
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000017239 Etowah 12 Aug 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8389
AUA
Eragrostis Minor Host
TROY000050258 Autauga 04 Nov 2020 Parker, Matthew R.
1904
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000025188 Escambia 15 Sep 2012 Burkhalter, James R.
23653
AUA
Eragrostis Minor Host
JSU101596 Marshall 19 Oct 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6798
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0016584 Greene 18 Aug 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13842
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000026793 Montgomery 26 Jun 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19468
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000037335 Pike 20 Jun 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2275
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000043859 Lee 20 Sep 2018 Taylor, Chris T.
CSP-654
AUA
Eragrostis Minor Host
ALNHS00007846 Jackson 19 OCT 2022 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5903
ALNHS
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101587 Bibb 14 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1248
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101598 Talladega 28 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5335
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0008987 Lawrence 07 Jun 1981 Kral, Robert
6734_
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0034067 Walker 09 Aug 2015 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14362
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000034742 Dallas 12 Jul 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13007
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000044520 Lawrence 08 Jun 2014 England, J. Kevin
4917
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00069100 Mobile 17 Jul 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12692
UNA
Eragrostis minor Host
ALNHS00004785 Montgomery 05 Oct 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2839
ALNHS
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101592 Etowah 20 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3065
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000012201 Butler 22 Nov 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18669
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000010400 Wilcox 21 Aug 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15662
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000025189 Escambia 15 Sep 2012 Burkhalter, James R.
23646
AUA
Eragrostis Minor Host
JSU101593 Etowah 14 Aug 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4499
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
SAMF0008214 Mobile 16 Aug 2012 Horne, Howard E.
1838
SAMF
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0009917 Tuscaloosa 05 Nov 2010 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13302
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00059450 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Radford, Al E.
7299
UNA
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000010397 Dallas 12 Jul 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14494
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
ALNHS00001695 Mobile 14 Jul 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#140
ALNHS
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000046035 Henry 27 Jul 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25380
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0007974 Marengo 24 Jul 2011 England, J. Kevin
3083
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0002404 Conecuh 06 Jun 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12912
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0014372 Lawrence 08 Jun 2014 England, J. Kevin
4917
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0056317 Lamar 26 May 2023 England, Kevin J.
13677
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000017240 Hale 22 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11906
AUA
Eragrostis Minor Host
TROY000027247 Jackson 09 Jun 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11372
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0002294 Dallas 12 Jul 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13007
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00059387 Jackson 09 Jun 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11372
UNA
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000029040 DeKalb 30 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12795
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101591 Etowah 14 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3833
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101590 Cherokee 01 Oct 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6642
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000029494 Montgomery 20 Oct 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
21073
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000038346 Bullock 23 Aug 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1712
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101597 Talladega 12 Jun 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8972
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000027245 Jefferson 19 Jun 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11418
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0008973 Mobile 17 Jul 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12692
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00062901 Dallas 12 Jul 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14494
UNA
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0011161 Marengo 11 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3647
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00062318 Hale 22 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11906
UNA
Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00069123 DeKalb 30 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12795
UNA
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0038419 Mobile 07 Oct 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10547
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101588 Bibb 07 Jun 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1983
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0018233 Colbert 13 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5157
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0008974 Mobile 15 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51374
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0016667 Henry 27 Jul 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25380
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000027246 Winston 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12030
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0052051 Madison 17 Oct 2020 England, J. Kevin
11412
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00063019 Winston 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12030
UNA
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000027243 Hale 22 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11906
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0014016 Bullock 23 Aug 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1712
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101594 Jackson 18 Sep 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1404
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101589 Calhoun 05 Oct 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1340
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0019751 Houston 14 Oct 1996 Kral, Robert
86910
UWAL
Eragrostis minor Host
JSU156358 Etowah 03 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3457
JSU
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000026867 Mobile 17 Jul 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12692
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000039881 Marengo 11 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3647
TROY
Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000017241 Mobile 15 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51352
AUA
Eragrostis Minor Host
UNA00059344 Jefferson 19 Jun 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11418
UNA
Eragrostis minor Host
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