Taxon:  Eragrostis tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud.



Summary
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:
15323
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. glumac. 1:268.  1854
Verified:
05/07/1996 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 tenuifolia A. Rich.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eragrostis collocarpa K. Schum.

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Reference(s)
  1. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  2. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  3. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  4. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
  5. Harden, G. J., ed. 1990-1993. Flora of New South Wales.
  6. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
  7. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  8. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  9. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  10. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  11. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
  12. Lazarides, M. 1997. A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 10:161-162.
  13. Migahid, A. M. 1978. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 2.
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
  16. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  17. Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:187.
  18. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
  19. Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English elastic grass 1 Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Provincee.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
4Naturalized    widely natzd.
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Cape Province (e.), KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
Naturalized (widely natzd.)
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Weed  CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
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=15323. Accessed 26 May 2026.