Group: Monocot Rank: genus Kind: Name of a new Taxon

Authors:

Host, Nicolaus Thomas

Published In: Icones et Descriptiones Graminum Austriacorum 4:. 1809. (Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac.)
Annotation: Host did not effectively publish the genus Eragrostis because he provided no genus description, but named more than one species – Eragrostis major (based on Briza eragrostis L.), and Eragrostis minor (based on Poa eragrostis L.).
Nomenclature Reason: no genus description, but more than one species described.

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Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Poales Small
• family:  !!Poaceae Barnhart