Eriochrysis

Eriochrysis is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Species[1][5]
  • Eriochrysis brachypogon (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Swaziland
  • Eriochrysis cayennensis P.Beauv. - tropical Americas from Chiapas to Uruguay
  • Eriochrysis × concepcionensis Killeen - Bolivia, Brazil (E. cayennensis × E. laxa)
  • Eriochrysis filiformis (Hack.) Filg. - Brazil, Paraguay
  • Eriochrysis holcoides (Nees) Kuhlm. - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  • Eriochrysis laxa Swallen - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
  • Eriochrysis pallida Munro - tropical + southern Africa - from Guinea to KwaZulu-Natal
  • Eriochrysis purpurata (Rendle) Stapf - tropical Africa from Congo Rep to Zimbabwe
  • Eriochrysis rangacharii C.E.C.Fisch. - Tamil Nadu
  • Eriochrysis villosa Swallen - Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Eriochrysis warmingiana (Hack.) Kuhlm. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
formerly included[1]

Eriochrysis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Saccharinae
Genus: Eriochrysis
P.Beauv.
Type species
Eriochrysis cayennensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptosaccharum (Hack.) A.Camus

see Miscanthus Saccharum

  • Eriochrysis attenuata - Miscanthus fuscus
  • Eriochrysis fusca - Miscanthus fuscus
  • Eriochrysis giordaniana - Saccharum narenga
  • Eriochrysis longifolia - Saccharum fallax
  • Eriochrysis narenga - Saccharum narenga
  • Eriochrysis porphyrocoma - Saccharum narenga

References


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