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Genus: Eragrostis Life
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> Family: Poaceae
There are about 350 species worldwide (cosmopolitan)
of which 86 species are native to southern Africa and four species are
naturalised.
In southern Africa in times of famine, seeds are sometimes
harvested from wild plants of Eragrostis chloromelas, Eragrostis cilianensis,
Eragrostis curvula and Eragrostis plana and used in making bread and
beer.
Species native to southern Africa
List from Fish (2003).
Eragrostis acraea |
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Eragrostis aethiopica |
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Eragrostis amabilis |
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Eragrostis annulata |
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Eragrostis arenicola |
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Eragrostis aristata |
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Eragrostis aspera |
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Eragrostis barbinodis |
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Eragrostis bergiana |
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Eragrostis bicolor |
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Eragrostis biflora |
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Eragrostis brizantha |
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Eragrostis caesia |
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Eragrostis capensis |
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Eragrostis chapelieri |
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Eragrostis chloromelas
Seeds are sometimes harvested for food in times of famine. |
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Eragrostis cilianensis
Seeds are sometimes harvested for food in times of famine. |
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Eragrostis ciliaris |
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Eragrostis cimicina |
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Eragrostis comptonii |
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Eragrostis congesta |
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Eragrostis crassinervis |
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Eragrostis curvula (Weeping lovegrass)
Seeds are sometimes harvested for food in times of famine. |
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Eragrostis cylindriflora |
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Eragrostis desolata |
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Eragrostis dinteri |
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Eragrostis echinochloidea |
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Eragrostis elatior |
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Eragrostis friesii |
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Eragrostis gangetica |
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Eragrostis glandulosipedata |
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Eragrostis gummiflua |
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Eragrostis habrantha |
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Eragrostis heteromera |
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Eragrostis hierniana |
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Eragrostis homomalla |
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Eragrostis inamoena |
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Eragrostis jeffreysii |
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Eragrostis kingesii |
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Eragrostis laevissima |
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Eragrostis lappula |
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Eragrostis leersiiformis |
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Eragrostis lehmanniana |
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Eragrostis leptotricha |
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Eragrostis macrochlamys |
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Eragrostis membranacea |
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Eragrostis micrantha |
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Eragrostis mildbraedii |
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Eragrostis moggii |
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Eragrostis nindensis |
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Eragrostis obtusa |
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Eragrostis omahekensis |
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Eragrostis pallens |
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Eragrostis patens |
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Eragrostis patentipilosa
[=Eragrostis pseudosclerantha] |
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Eragrostis patentissima |
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Eragrostis phyllacantha |
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Eragrostis pilgeriana |
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Eragrostis pilosa |
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Eragrostis plana
Seeds are sometimes harvested for food in times of famine. |
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Eragrostis planiculmis |
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Eragrostis porosa |
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Eragrostis procumbens |
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Eragrostis pseudopoa |
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Eragrostis pygmaea |
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Eragrostis racemosa |
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Eragrostis remotiflora |
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Eragrostis rigidior |
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Eragrostis rogersii |
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Eragrostis rotifer |
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Eragrostis sabinae |
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Eragrostis sabulosa |
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Eragrostis sarmentosa |
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Eragrostis sclerantha |
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Eragrostis scopelophila |
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Eragrostis stapfii |
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Eragrostis stenothyrsa |
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Eragrostis subglandulosa |
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Eragrostis superba |
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Eragrostis tenuifolia |
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Eragrostis trichophora |
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Eragrostis truncata |
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Eragrostis venustula |
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Eragrostis viscosa |
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Eragrostis volkensii |
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Eragrostis walteri |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
Eragrostis barrelieri |
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Eragrostis mexicana |
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Eragrostis minor |
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Eragrostis tef (Teff)
Native to Ethiopia. |
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Publications
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Fish, L. 2003. Poaceae. In Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L.
(eds), Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14:
1152-1194. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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van Wyk, B.-E. & Gericke, N. 2000. People's
Plants. A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa. Briza Publications,
Pretoria.
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