Taxon:  Eragrostis elongata (Willd.) J. Jacq.



Summary
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:
447366
Place of publication:
Ecl. gram. rar. 3.  1813
Verified:
11/02/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Poa elongata Willd.

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Reference(s)
  1. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  2. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  3. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  4. Lazarides, M. 1997. A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 10:115.
  5. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2001. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41:90.
  6. Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:159-160, 174. Note: = Eragrostis diandra (R. Br.) Steud.
  7. Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English long love grass 1 Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMaluku 
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Maluku]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=447366. Accessed 26 May 2026.