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. normalisName author: Kuntze
- Eragrostis amabilis f. variaName author: Kuntze
- Eragrostis amabilis var. breviculmisName author: Stapf
- Eragrostis amabilis var. duriusculaName author: K.Schum.
- Eragrostis amabilis var. insularisName author: (C.E.Hubb.) P.Umam. & P.Daniel
- Eragrostis amabilis var. peramangalamensisName author: P.Umam. & P.Daniel
- Eragrostis amabilis var. plumosaName author: (Retz.) E.G.Camus & A.Camus
- Eragrostis amabilis var. tenellaName author: (L.) A.Camus
- Eragrostis breviculmisName author: H.Lév.
- Eragrostis caudataName author: Nees ex Steud.
- Eragrostis ciliaris var. patensName author: Chapm. ex Beal
- Eragrostis confinisName author: Nees ex Steud.
- Eragrostis despiciensName author: (Link) Schult.
- Eragrostis elytroblepharaName author: Steud.
- Eragrostis laxaName author: Baker
- Eragrostis mauritiiName author: Steud.
- Eragrostis plumosaName author: (Retz.) Link
- Eragrostis taffzagraName author: Steud.
- Eragrostis tenella var. breviglumisName author: Stapf
- Eragrostis tenella var. insularisName author: C.E.Hubb.
- Eragrostis tenella var. koenigiiName author: Kuntze
- Eragrostis tenella var. plumosaName author: (Retz.) Stapf
- Eragrostis tenella var. purpureaName author: Bojer
- Megastachya tenellaName author: (L.) Bojer
- Poa despiciensName author: Link
- Poa indicaName author: Bory ex Steud.
- Poa plumosaName author: Retz.
- Poa pseudamabilisName author: Roxb. ex Stapf
- Poa speciosaName author: Willd. ex Spreng.
- Poa tenellaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Poa tenuissimaName author: Schrad.
- Poa unioloidesName author: Willd. 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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