Eragrostis minor

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Family:	POACEAE
Species:	Eragrostis minor Host
Common Name:	Little Lovegrass
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Annual
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Not Native
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	POACEAE - 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.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
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

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
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
SAMF0001310	Marengo	24 Jul 2011	England, J. Kevin 3083	SAMF Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000050258	Autauga	04 Nov 2020	Parker, Matthew R. 1904	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101588	Bibb	07 Jun 1999	Brodeur, Kristin R. 1983	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000034823	Tuscaloosa	05 Nov 2010	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13302	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00059344	Jefferson	19 Jun 2002	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11418	UNA Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0016667	Henry	27 Jul 2014	Diamond, Alvin R. 25380	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000027245	Jefferson	19 Jun 2002	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11418	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
ALNHS00004785	Montgomery	05 Oct 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2839	ALNHS Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0007974	Marengo	24 Jul 2011	England, J. Kevin 3083	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000037335	Pike	20 Jun 2013	Horne, Howard E. 2275	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0011161	Marengo	11 Jul 2012	England, J. Kevin 3647	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00059387	Jackson	09 Jun 2002	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11372	UNA Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000034742	Dallas	12 Jul 2008	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13007	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0002404	Conecuh	06 Jun 2008	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12912	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000012201	Butler	22 Nov 2007	Diamond, Alvin R. 18669	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0009917	Tuscaloosa	05 Nov 2010	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13302	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
ALNHS00001695	Mobile	14 Jul 2009	Barger, T. Wayne SP#140	ALNHS Eragrostis minor Host
ALNHS00007846	Jackson	19 OCT 2022	Barger, T. Wayne SP#5903	ALNHS Eragrostis minor Host
JSU156358	Etowah	03 Sep 1994	Hodge, Lesley M. 3457	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0019751	Houston	14 Oct 1996	Kral, Robert 86910	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000039881	Marengo	11 Jul 2012	England, J. Kevin 3647	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0038419	Mobile	07 Oct 1978	LeLong, Michel G. 10547	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000027244	Jackson	27 Jun 1998	Brodeur, Kristin R. 898	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00069100	Mobile	17 Jul 2007	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12692	UNA Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0002294	Dallas	12 Jul 2008	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13007	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000017240	Hale	22 Jun 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11906	AUA Eragrostis Minor Host
TROY000044520	Lawrence	08 Jun 2014	England, J. Kevin 4917	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000026867	Mobile	17 Jul 2007	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12692	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000010397	Dallas	12 Jul 2004	Diamond, Alvin R. 14494	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0008974	Mobile	15 Aug 1973	Kral, Robert 51374	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0052051	Madison	17 Oct 2020	England, J. Kevin 11412	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000043859	Lee	20 Sep 2018	Taylor, Chris T. CSP-654	AUA Eragrostis Minor Host
UNA00063019	Winston	10 Aug 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12030	UNA Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101598	Talladega	28 Oct 1994	Ballard, J. Mark 5335	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000038346	Bullock	23 Aug 2013	Dykes, Bailee 1712	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0016584	Greene	18 Aug 2013	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13842	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000029494	Montgomery	20 Oct 2009	Diamond, Alvin R. 21073	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000026793	Montgomery	26 Jun 2008	Diamond, Alvin R. 19468	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0008987	Lawrence	07 Jun 1981	Kral, Robert 6734_	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000028287	Butler	04 Sep 2008	Diamond, Alvin R. 19884	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0014016	Bullock	23 Aug 2013	Dykes, Bailee 1712	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
ALNHS00004868	Montgomery	09 Sep 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2499	ALNHS Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101589	Calhoun	05 Oct 1986	Lawler, Carol L. 1340	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0008972	DeKalb	30 Oct 2007	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12795	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000017242	Winston	10 Aug 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12030	AUA Eragrostis Minor Host
TROY000010400	Wilcox	21 Aug 2005	Diamond, Alvin R. 15662	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000039708	Marengo	24 Jul 2011	England, J. Kevin 3083	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101596	Marshall	19 Oct 1994	Spaulding, Daniel D. 6798	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0056317	Lamar	26 May 2023	England, Kevin J. 13677	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000017238	Conecuh	13 Sep 1987	Diamond, Alvin R. 3617	AUA Eragrostis Minor Host
JSU101594	Jackson	18 Sep 1998	Brodeur, Kristin R. 1404	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000027247	Jackson	09 Jun 2002	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11372	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000025189	Escambia	15 Sep 2012	Burkhalter, James R. 23646	AUA Eragrostis Minor Host
UNA00069123	DeKalb	30 Oct 2007	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12795	UNA Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101597	Talladega	12 Jun 1996	Spaulding, Daniel D. 8972	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0018233	Colbert	13 Sep 2014	England, J. Kevin 5157	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101592	Etowah	20 Aug 1994	Hodge, Lesley M. 3065	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00062901	Dallas	12 Jul 2004	Diamond, Alvin R. 14494	UNA Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000017239	Etowah	12 Aug 1992	Diamond, Alvin R. 8389	AUA Eragrostis Minor Host
TROY000029040	DeKalb	30 Oct 2007	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12795	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101587	Bibb	14 Aug 1998	Brodeur, Kristin R. 1248	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000033699	Conecuh	06 Jun 2008	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12912	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00062318	Hale	22 Jun 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11906	UNA Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0034067	Walker	09 Aug 2015	Spaulding, Daniel D. 14362	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0014372	Lawrence	08 Jun 2014	England, J. Kevin 4917	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000027243	Hale	22 Jun 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11906	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101595	Jackson	21 Sep 1997	Spaulding, Daniel D. 9988	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000046035	Henry	27 Jul 2014	Diamond, Alvin R. 25380	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000017241	Mobile	15 Aug 1973	Kral, Robert 51352	AUA Eragrostis Minor Host
UNA00056259	Geneva	04 Oct 1998	MacDonald, John R. 12210	UNA Eragrostis minor Host
TROY000027246	Winston	10 Aug 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12030	TROY Eragrostis minor Host
AUA000025188	Escambia	15 Sep 2012	Burkhalter, James R. 23653	AUA Eragrostis Minor Host
SAMF0008214	Mobile	16 Aug 2012	Horne, Howard E. 1838	SAMF Eragrostis minor Host
UWAL0008973	Mobile	17 Jul 2007	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12692	UWAL Eragrostis minor Host
JSU101593	Etowah	14 Aug 1993	Spaulding, Daniel D. 4499	JSU Eragrostis minor Host
UNA00059450	Jefferson	17 Oct 1975	Radford, Al E. 7299	UNA Eragrostis minor Host

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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Eragrostis minor

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