Eriochrysis Explained

Eriochrysis is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species^[4]

• Eriochrysis brachypogon (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
• 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 includedsee Miscanthus Saccharum

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394087#page/92/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie pages 8-9
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394087#page/289/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IV (4), figure XI (11 a-e at lower right)
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00236.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Eriochrysis The Plant List search for Eriochrysis