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Eriochloa polystachya Kunth

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Published in
F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth. In: Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 95. (1816).
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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Poales
family
Poaceae
genus
Eriochloa
species
Eriochloa polystachya

Name

Synonyms
Aglycia coarctata Willd.
Aglycia coarctata Willd. ex Steud.
Alycia coarctata Willd.
Alycia coarctata Willd. ex Steud.
Eriochloa punctata Hochst.
Eriochloa punctata Hochst. ex Steud.
Eriochloa punctata publ
Eriochloa punctata subsp. subglabra (Nash) Urb., 1903
Eriochloa punctata var. subglabra (Nash) Urb.
Eriochloa subglabra (Nash) Hitchc.
Helopus polystachys (Kunth) Trin.
Helopus polystachys (Kunth) Trin. ex Steud.
Helopus polystachyus (Kunth) Trin.
Helopus polystachyus (Kunth) Trin. ex Steud.
Milium polystachyon (Kunth) Spreng.
Monachne subglabra Nash
Panicum flavescens Sieber
Panicum flavescens Sieber ex C.Presl
Paspalum polystachyum (Kunth) Raspail
Piptatherum annulatum Raddi
Homonyms
Eriochloa polystachya Kunth
Common names
Carib grass in English
Caribbean cup grass in English
Caribgrass in language.
capim-angola-do-rio in Portuguese
capim-angolinha in language.
capim-da-várzea in language.
capim-do-caribe in Portuguese
capim-ratão in language.
yerba de Caribe in Spanish
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