Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 405 1830. ((=) Diandrochloa namaquensis (Nees ex Schrad.) De Winter; (=) Eragrostis conferta (Elliott) Trin.; (=) Eragrostis elegans Nees; (=) Eragrostis glomerata (Walter) L. H. Dewey; (=) Eragrostis interrupta (Lam.) Döll; =) Eragrostis namaquensis Nees ex Schrad.; (=) Poa glomerata Walter; (=) Poa interrupta Lam.; (≡) Poa japonica Thunb. (basionym));
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Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Solomon Is., Somalia, South European Russi, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Illinois, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is. as per POWO;
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Common name: Pond Lovegrass
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Place, Altitude: Yeoor Hills … about 300 ft asl
Date, Time: 15 NOV 09 … 08:49am
Habitat: near to stream bank
Habit: small herb; about 2 – 3 ft high
Looks like some species of Eragrostis; this plant looks comparatively larger version of Eragrostis unioloides; though could be Eragrostis unioloides itself.
Eragrostis japonica
Nepali Name : राँकी Raankee
I’d of partially dried grass: 2 high res. images.
Any clue on I’d of a
partially dried grass from Bilaspur. Photographed in February, 2022.
Check with Eragrostis japonicus
Looks like Eragrostis japonica
