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Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack., in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 261. 1889. 

 Based on Ischaemum ophiuroides Munro. 

 Ischaernum ophiuroides Munro, Amer. Acad. Sci. Proc. 4: 363. 1860. South- 

 ern China. 



(143) ERIANTHUS Michx. 



(3) Erianthus alopecuroides (L.) Ell., Bot. S.C. and Ga. 1: 38. 1816. Based 

 on Andropogon alopecuroides L. 



Andropogon divaricatus L., Sp. PL 1045. 1753. Virginia, [Clayton 70]. 

 Andropogon alopecuroides L., Sp. PI. 1045. 1753. Virginia, [Clayton 601]. 

 Saccharum alopecuroideum Nutt., Gen. PL 1: 60. 1818. Based inferentially 



on Erianthus alopecuroides Ell. 

 Erianthus divaricatus Hitchc, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 125. 1908. 



Based on Andropogon divaricatus L. 

 Erianthus alopecuroides var. hirsutus Nash, in Small, Fl. Southeast. U.S. 55. 



1903. Florida [Chapman.] (Published as E. alopecuroides hirsutus.) 



(4) Erianthus brevibarbis Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 55. 1803. Tennessee and 



Carolina, Michaux. 



Saccharum brevibarbe Pers., Syn. PL 1: 103. 1805. Based on Erianthus brevi- 

 barbis Michx. 



Calamagrostis rubra Bosc; Kunth, Enum. PL 1: 478. 1833, as synonym of 

 Erianthus brevibarbis Michx. 



Erianthus alopecuroides var. brevibarbis Chapm., Fl. South U.S. 583. 1860. 

 Based on E. brevibarbis Michx. 



Erianthus saccharoides subsp. brevibarbis Hack., in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 131. 

 1889. Based on E. brevibarbis Michx. 

 (2) Erianthus contortus Baldw.; Ell., Bot. S.C. and Ga. 1: 40. 1816. Savan- 

 nah, Ga., Baldwin. 



Saccharum contortum Nutt., Gen. PL 1: 60. 1818. Based on Erianthus con- 

 tortus Ell. 



Erianthus alopecuroides var. contortus Chapm., Fl. South. U.S. 582. 1860. 

 Based on E. contortus Ell. 



Erianthus saccharoides subsp. contortus Hack., in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 131. 

 1889. Based on E. contortus Ell. 



Erianthus smallii Nash, Bull. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 429. 1900. Stone Moun- 

 tain, Ga., Small in 1894. 



(5) Erianthus giganteus (Walt.) MuhL, Cat. PL 4. 1813. Based on Anthoxan- 

 thum giganteum Walt. Later (Descr. Gram. 192. 1817) Muhlenberg uses 

 the name for both E. saccharoides and E. alopecuroides (his herbarium speci- 

 men under this name including both species), but the description (awn 

 twisted) applies better to E. alopecuroides. Erianthus giganteus was pub- 

 lished as new by Hubbard (Rhodora 14: 166. 1912) based on Anthoxanthum 

 giganteum Walt. 



Anthoxanthum giganteum Walt., Fl. Carol. 65. 1788. South Carolina. 

 Erianthus saccharoides Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 55. 1803. Carolina to 



Florida, Michaux. 

 Saccharum giganteum Pers., Syn. PL 1: 103. 1805. Based on Anthoxanthum 



giganteum Walt. 

 Saccharum erianthoides Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 5: 308. 1825. Based on 



Erianthus saccharoides Rich, [same as Michx.]. 

 Andropogon erianthus Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 243. 1827. Based on Erianthus 



saccharoides Michx. 

 Erianthus saccharoides var. michauxii Hack., in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2 3 : 257. 1883. 



Based on E. saccharoides Michx. 

 Erianthus compactus Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 419. 1895. New 



Jersey to North Carolina and Tennessee [type, Washington, D.C, Nash in 



1895]. 

 Erianthus laxus Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 344. 1897. Near Paola, 



Fla., Swingle 1432a. 

 Erianthus tracyi Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 37. 1897. Starkville, Miss., 



Tracy in 1896. 

 Erianthus ravennae (L.) Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 14, 162, 177, 1812. Based on 



Saccharum ravennae L. 

 Andropogon ravennae L., Sp. PL ed. 2. 2: 1481. 1763. Italy. 

 Saccharum ravennae Murr., in L., Syst. Veg. ed. 13. 88. 1774. Based on 



Andropogon ravennae L. 

 Ripidium ravennae Trim, Fund. Agrost. 169. 1820. Based on Saccharum 



ravennae Murr. 



