Eragrostis echinochoidea
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID6440301cec75e387994451 |
| Scientific name | Eragrostis echinochoidea |
| Authority | Stapf |
| First published in | Fl. Cap. 7: 627 (1900) |
Description Top
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Eragrostis echinochloidea, commonly known as African lovegrass, is a species of grass native to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. It is a perennial tussock that grows straight and knee-high, with tapered, papery sheaths and seed clusters sunken under the edges. The flower is a scarcely branched plume with closely packed spines on single branches, which are edible by humans and baboons. African lovegrass is drought tolerant and grows on disturbed veld and stony hillsides. In Deception Valley, one of the three dry riverbeds of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana, the species prospers during the rainy season from November to April/May. African lovegrass is mildly suited to grazing, with a Grazing Response Index of 44.52.2.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Eragrostis auriculata | Hack. | Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 1: 773 (1901) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | african lovegrass |
| Afrikaans | krummelgras |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Africa click to expand
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South Tropical Africa
- Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Cape Provinces
- Caprivi Strip
- Free State
- Lesotho
- Namibia
- Northern Provinces
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South Tropical Africa
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Asia-temperate click to expand
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Western Asia
- Palestine
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Western Asia
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Europe click to expand
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Northern Europe
- Great Britain
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Northern Europe
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Northern America click to expand
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Southwestern U.S.A.
- Arizona
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Southwestern U.S.A.
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000867688 |
| USDA Plants | EREC |
| Tropicos | 25515159 |
| INPN | 160592 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:401036-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-412502 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 724653 |
| Observations.org | 378529 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 110885 |
| NBN Atlas | NBNSYS0200002104 |
| Nature Serve | 2.139245 |
| IPNI | 401036-1 |
| iNaturalist | 162385 |
| GBIF | 2705447 |
| EOL | 1115389 |
| Elurikkus | 286986 |
| Calflora (Californian flora) | 13657 |
| USDA GRIN | 27895 |
| Wikipedia | Eragrostis_echinochloidea |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| Genome size variation and polyploidy prevalence in the genus Eragrostis are associated with the global dispersal in arid area | Hutang GR, Tong Y, Zhu XG, Gao LZ | Front Plant Sci | 13-Mar-2023 |
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| Browsing herbivores improve the state and functioning of savannas: A model assessment of alternative land‐use strategies | Irob K, Blaum N, Baldauf S, Kerger L, Strohbach B, Kanduvarisa A, Lohmann D, Tietjen B | Ecol Evol | 18-Mar-2022 |
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| Evaluating the Protein Value of Fresh Tropical Forage Grasses and Forage Legumes Using In Vitro and Chemical Fractionation Methods | Salazar-Cubillas KC, Dickhoefer U | Animals (Basel) | 29-Sep-2021 |
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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| In public collections | 0 |