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

Authors:

Hitchcock, Albert Spear

Ex Authors:

Host, Nicolaus Thomas

Published In: United States Department of Agriculture: Bulletin 772: 46. 1920. (U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-23))
Annotation: Hitchcock provided a genus description for Eragrostis Host. and lectotypified that on Briza eragrostis L.
Nomenclature Reason: nom. superfl. illeg.

Nomenclaturally Correct Name:

!Eragrostis Wolf 

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
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