genus

Eriochrysis

Eriochrysis

Field notes

Eriochrysis is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.

Species

Eriochrysis brachypogon (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini

Eriochrysis cayennensis P.Beauv. - tropical Americas from Chiapas to Uruguay

Eriochrysis × concepcionensis Killeen - Bolivia, Brazil (E. cayennensis × E. laxa)

Eriochrysis filiformis (Hack.) Filg. - Brazil, Paraguay

Eriochrysis holcoides (Nees) Kuhlm. - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay

Eriochrysis laxa Swallen - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina

Eriochrysis pallida Munro - tropical + southern Africa - from Guinea to KwaZulu-Natal

Eriochrysis purpurata (Rendle) Stapf - tropical Africa from Congo Rep to Zimbabwe

Eriochrysis rangacharii C.E.C.Fisch. - Tamil Nadu

Eriochrysis villosa Swallen - Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)

Eriochrysis warmingiana (Hack.) Kuhlm. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia

formerly included

see Miscanthus Saccharum

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Key traits

From USDA PLANTS.