Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 397 (1841) (syn: Eragrostis capillifolia Nees ; Eragrostis chloromelas Steud. ; Eragrostis curvula var. atrata (Schweinf.) Cufod. ; Eragrostis curvula var. conferta Stapf ; Eragrostis curvula var. conferta Nees ; Eragrostis curvula var. decolorans Rendle ; Eragrostis curvula var. valida Stapf ; Eragrostis filiformis (Thunb.) NeesEragrostis huillensis Rendle ; Eragrostis jeffreysii Hack. ; Eragrostis lehmanniana var. ampla Stapf ; Eragrostis poa Stapf ; Eragrostis procerior Rendle ; Eragrostis pubiculmis Jedwabn. ; Eragrostis robusta Stent ; Eragrostis subulata Nees ; Eragrostis thunbergiana Steud.Eragrostis thunbergiana var. atrata Schweinf. ; Eragrostis valida Stent ; Poa atrovirens Nees ; Poa capensis Steud. ; Poa curvula Schrad.; Poa filiformis Thunb.);
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At Madhav National Park, Shivpuri
18/11/2022


Eragrostis robusta (Also considered by some as a synonym of Eragrostis curvula)


 

 


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References:
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