(Desf.) Trin., Poaceae |
Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Common name(s): [more details]
Chinese: shu fu cao |
English: thalia love grass, wiry lovegrass |
Palauan: ouemoket |
Habit: grass
Description: "Habit: Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes absent. Butt sheaths glabrous. Culms geniculately ascending; 30-100 cm long; 1.5-3 mm diam. Leaves basal and cauline. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades 15-30 cm long; 2-4 mm wide. Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; oblong, or ovate; 4-40 cm long; contracted about primary branches. Primary panicle branches ascending. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Fertile spikelets: Spikelets comprising 6-50 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 3-20 mm long; 1.5-2.5 mm wide; breaking up at maturity; rhachilla persistent; shedding paleas. Rhachilla internodes eventually visible between lemmas. Glumes deciduous; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; 0.8-1.7 mm long; 1 times length of upper glume; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; 0.8-1.7 mm long; 0.6-0.8 times length of adjacent fertile lemma; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume apex acute. Florets: Fertile florets divergent; free at tip. Fertile lemma ovate; 1.4-2 mm long; membranous; grey; keeled; 3 -veined. Lemma surface asperulous. Lemma apex acute. Palea keels scaberulous. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped. Flower: Anthers 3; 0.5-1 mm long. Fruit: Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; ellipsoid; 0.7 mm long" GrassBase.
Habitat/ecology: (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)
Propagation: Seed
Native range: Africa and Asia (GRIN).
Presence:
Pacific | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
introduced
invasive |
Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 57)
Voucher cited: L. Stemmermann 2937 (BISH) Naturalized |
Guam
Guam Island |
Guam Island |
introduced
|
Raulerson, L. (2006) (p. 8) |
Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island |
introduced
|
Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1987) (p. 42) |
Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Lorence, David H./LaRosa, Anne Marie (2009) (p. 59)
Vouchers: Lorence 9809 (PTBG, BNM, NY), Lorence 9912 (PTBG, BNM, NY, US) |
Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island |
Beleu National Museum (Republic of Palau. Koror.) (1991) (voucher ID: BNM 9568)
Taxon name on voucher: Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. |
|
Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island |
Beleu National Museum (Republic of Palau. Koror.) (1996) (voucher ID: BNM 26601)
Taxon name on voucher: Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. |
|
Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island |
Beleu National Museum (Republic of Palau. Koror.) (1996) (voucher ID: BNM 26467)
Taxon name on voucher: Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. |
|
Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island |
National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (2008) (voucher ID: PTBG 102)
Taxon name on voucher: Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. ex Steud. |
|
Palau
Palau (Belau ) (main island group) |
Babeldaob Island |
National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (2008) (voucher ID: PTBG 205)
Taxon name on voucher: Eragrostis atrovirens |
|
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island) |
Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Philippines
Philippine Islands |
Philippine Islands |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Pacific Rim | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Australia
Australia (continental) |
Australia (continental) |
introduced
invasive |
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Naturalized |
Cambodia
Cambodia |
Cambodia (Kingdom of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
China
China |
China (People's Republic of) |
native
|
Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
Roadsides, river banks. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan. |
China
China |
Hong Kong |
native
|
Wu, Te-lin (2001) (p. 334)
Along roadside and streams. |
Indonesia
Indonesia |
Indonesia (Republic of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Malaysia
Malaysia |
Malaysia (country of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Singapore
Singapore |
Singapore (Republic of) |
native
|
Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 39)
Common |
Taiwan
Taiwan Island |
Taiwan Island | Holm, Leroy/Pancho, Juan V./Herberger, James P./Plucknett, Donald L. (1979) (p. 144) | |
Thailand
Thailand |
Thailand (Kingdom of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Vietnam
Vietnam |
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) |
native
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Indian Ocean | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
British Indian Ocean Territory
Chagos Archipelago |
Diego Garcia Island |
introduced
invasive |
Whistler, W. Arthur (1996) (p. 24) |
Also reported from | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
United States (continental except west coast)
United States (other states) |
United States (other states) |
introduced
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2013)
Alabama, Georgia |
United States (continental except west coast)
United States (other states) |
USA (Florida) |
introduced
|
U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2013) |
Control: If you know of control methods for Eragrostis atrovirens, please let us know.