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

Synonym of Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

Genus: Eragrostis
Family: Poaceae alt. Gramineae
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 email on 8 Feb 2008)
Name verified on: 08-Feb-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Feb-2008
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME. (previously associated with 3 accessions)

References:

  • Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. (Grass BCIP) [lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.].
  • Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist. (L Egypt) [accepts; lists as E. amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn.].
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China) [lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Hook. & Arn.].
  • Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon) [lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Hook. & Arn.].
  • Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer) [accepts].
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb) [accepts; lists as E. amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn.].
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [accepts].
  • Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador. (F Ecuador) [accepts].
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr) [lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Hook. & Arn.].
  • Koch, S. D. 1978. Notes on the genus Eragrostis (Gramineae) in the southeastern United States. Rhodora 80:399.
  • Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. (Grass Japan) [lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Hook. & Arn.].
  • Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. (Grass SEAs) [lists as E. amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn.].
  • Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:309. [accepts; lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.].
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names) [accepts].
  • Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti) [lists as E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Hook. & Arn.].
  • Termeh, F. 2000. New records of the family Gramineae from Iran. Rostaniha 1:23. [accepts].
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr) [lists as E. amabilis (L.) Hook. & Arn.].
  • Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:164. [accepts].
More:

Check other databases for Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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