Eragrostis tenella
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
- Species
- Eragrostis tenella
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1817
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Eragrostis tenella. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
32 synonyms in this snapshot
- Eragrostis amabilis f. normalisKuntze
- Eragrostis amabilis f. variaKuntze
- Eragrostis amabilis var. breviculmisStapf
- Eragrostis amabilis var. duriusculaK.Schum.
- Eragrostis amabilis var. insularis(C.E.Hubb.) P.Umam. & P.Daniel
- Eragrostis amabilis var. peramangalamensisP.Umam. & P.Daniel
- Eragrostis amabilis var. plumosa(Retz.) E.G.Camus & A.Camus
- Eragrostis amabilis var. tenella(L.) A.Camus
- Eragrostis breviculmisH.Lév.
- Eragrostis caudataNees ex Steud.
- Eragrostis ciliaris var. patensChapm. ex Beal
- Eragrostis confinisNees ex Steud.
- Eragrostis despiciens(Link) Schult.
- Eragrostis elytroblepharaSteud.
- Eragrostis laxaBaker
- Eragrostis mauritiiSteud.
- Eragrostis plumosa(Retz.) Link
- Eragrostis taffzagraSteud.
- Eragrostis tenella var. breviglumisStapf
- Eragrostis tenella var. insularisC.E.Hubb.
- Eragrostis tenella var. koenigiiKuntze
- Eragrostis tenella var. plumosa(Retz.) Stapf
- Eragrostis tenella var. purpureaBojer
- Megastachya tenella(L.) Bojer
- Poa despiciensLink
- Poa indicaBory ex Steud.
- Poa plumosaRetz.
- Poa pseudamabilisRoxb. ex Stapf
- Poa speciosaWilld. ex Spreng.
- Poa tenellaL.
- Poa tenuissimaSchrad.
- Poa unioloidesWilld. ex Spreng.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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