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Megastaohya lnflnna (H.B.K.) Hoem. 4 Sohult. Syet. Veg. 

 2: 585. 1817. 



Based on "Poa lnflrma Huob. et Bonpl." 



regnl Novogranatensls, inter Pontlbon, Suba et Santa 

 Fe de Bogota 



Colombia, South Amer. 



g Poa annua L. 



Man. U. S. 



Megastaohya leersoldes Presl, Cyp. Oram. Sloul. 44. 1820 



"Hab. In arenosls marltlmls Panorml." 

 Basis of Poa leeraloldes Cuss. 



Palermo, Sicily 

 Europe 



Megastaohya maxima Bo J. ex Baker, Journ. Linn. Soo. Bot. 

 21: 454. 1885, as syn. of Eragroetls maxima Baker 



Madagasoar 



Eragrostls 



BoJ. - Bojer » 

 wrote In Hort. Maurlt. 



1837. 



Megastaohya maypurensls (H.B.K.) Hoem. 4 Sohult. Syst. 

 Veg. 2: 588. 1817. 



Based on "Poa maypurensls Humb. et Bonpl." 



"In opaoatls sylvarum Orlnooenslum Inter Cataraotam 

 Sanotl Josephl Maypurenslum et oonfluentem Sipapum" 



Venezuela, S. Amer. 



- Eragr. maypurensls 



Megastaohya montufarl (H.B.K . ) Hoem. 4 Sohult. Syst. Veg. 

 2: 586. 1817. 



Based on "Poa montufarl Humb. et Bonpl." 

 s Eragrostls montufarl 



"In alta planltle Chmensl prope la Hacienda de Don 

 Carlos Montufar: Item Juxta Puembo et San Antonio de 

 Lulumbamba ... (Hegno C&iltensl)," 



Chlllo, Bouador 



b Eragr. montufarl (H.B.K.) Steud. 



Ecuador, etc. 



Megastaohya muoronata (Beauv.) Beauv. Ess, Agrost. 74 

 167. 1812. ' 



Based on "Poa muoronata fl. 0w." • 



•In Flore d'Oware 1805 Beauvols desorlbes the speoles 

 from his own oolleotlon, without feferenoe to Polret'E 

 desorlptlon of It under the same name the year before, 

 but Polret's epithet (muoronata) Is accepted. 

 BeauvolB' description probably based on the same 

 specimen In Herb. Jussleu, Beauvols having sent his 

 Afrloan oolleotlons to Jussleu. 



Basis of Centotheoa muoronata (Polr.) Kuntze 



Afrloa 



: Megastaohya muoronata 



Megastaohya muoronata var. pllosula Pllger, Notlzbl. Bot 

 dart. Mus. Berlin 15: 61. 1940. 



"Deutsoh-Ostafrlka: Saohsenwald bel Dar es Salam, 

 an schattlgen Stellen (Stuhlmann n. 43 — August 1901 | 

 TypusJ" 



Megastaohya multlflora (Forsk. ) Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 74, 

 167. 1812. 



Presumably based on i"oa multlflora Forsk. [EragrostlE 

 multlflora (Forsk.) Sohwelnf. & Asohers. I867 (not 

 Trln. 1830)] Beauvols gives Brlza multlflora Forsk. 

 but Porskal did not publish that name. 



Probably E. olllanensls (All.) Link 



Megastaohya nlgrloans Roem. 4 Sohult, Syst. Veg. 

 2s 586. 1817. 



Based on "Poa nlgrloans Humb. et Bonpl." 



prope Conoooto, Chlllo et Salgolqul 

 Ecuador, S. Amer. 



Originally described from Ecuador. — fide A.S.H. 



[The Arohlpelago of Chlloe is situated In the 

 southern part of Chile.] 



= Eragrostls nlgrloans (H.B.K.) Steud. 



Andes 



Megastaohya oblonga (Moenoh) Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 

 7^, I67, 175. 1812. 



Based on "Poa oblonga Moenoh" [error for Brlza oblon- 

 ga Moenoh. Based on a garden plant] 



= Eragrostls 



Megastaohya obtusa (Nutt.) Sohult. Mant. 2: 326. 1824. 



Based on "Poa obtusa Nutt." 

 - Eragrostls clllanensls 



Man. U. S. 



Collected In the neighborhood of Philadelphia by 

 Dr. «f. Barton 



Megastaohya olmedl (H.B.K.) Hoem. 4 Sohult. Syst. Veg. 

 2: 586. 1817. 



Based on "Poa olmedl Humb. et Bonpl." 



Basis of Eragrostls olmedl Steud. 



In montlbus Peruanls et Loxae ad vlas, Juxta domum 

 botanlol hlspanl Don Vicente Olmedo 



South Amer. 



Type speolmen not looated 



Eragrostls (from the description may be same as 

 E, montufarl) See Grass. Ecuador eto. p. 343. 



Megastaohya Owarlensls Beauv. Ess. Agrost. pi. 15, 

 f. 5. 1812. 



[in text this Is M. muoronata (Beauv.) Beauv.] 

 " " * " 



Afrloa 



Megastaohya oxylepls (Torr. ) Fourn. Mex. PI. 2: 118. 

 1886. 



(Fourn. ex Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 3: 574. 

 I885, as syn. of Eragrostls oxylepls Torr.) 



Based on Poa oxylepls Torr. which Is based on P. 

 lnterrupta Nutt. Not Lam. 



= Eragrostls oxylepls (Torr.) Torr. Man?~]jl. 



Sandy banks of the Arkansas [Nuttall] 



[Eragros. seoundlflora Presl in Man. 1. but that Is 

 rare Mexican sp., not known from U. S.] 



Megastaohya oxylepls var. oapltata i?ourn. Mex. PI. 

 2: 118. 1886. 



Cites "Eragrostls verae Cruols Bupr." [Publ. as 

 nom. nud. and syn.] 



Eragrostls oxylepls (Torr.) Torr. 

 Vera Cruz, Mex. 



Man. U.S. II. 



Megastaohya panamensls (Presl) Fourn. _in Hemsl. Biol. 

 Centr. Amer. Bot. 3: 57*. 1885, as syn. of Eragros- 

 tls maypurensls Steud. Mex. PI. 2: 118. 1686. 



Based on Eragrostls panamensls Presl 

 Panama 



- Eragr. maypurensls (H.B.K.) Steud. 



Megastaohya panlooldes Presl, Bel. Haenk. 1: 283. 1830. 



"Hab. In Mexico ad Acapuloo, veroslmlllter In lutosls. 



sr Leptoohloa panlooldes (Presl) Hltoho. 



Han. U. S. 



Megastaohya 1 papposa Hoem. 4 Sohult. Syst. Veg. 

 2: 585. 1817. 



j 



"Poa papposa Dufour In lltt." 

 "In monte Saguntlno regnl Valentlae" olted. 

 Basis of Eragrostls papposa (Hoem. 4 Schult.) Steud. ' 

 [Sagunto, near Valencia] 

 Spain 



Megastaohya pastoensla (H.B.K.) Hoem. 4 Sohult. Syet. 

 Veg. 2: 587. 1817. 



Based on Poa pastoensls H.B.K. 



e Eragrostls pastoensls (H.B.K.) Trln. 



In regnl Novogranatensls. .. .prope urbem Paste, In 

 radlclbus montlB Arandensle. 



Colombia, South Amer. 



Megastaohya patula (H.B.K.) Roem. 4 Sohult. Syst. Veg. 

 2: 585. 181?. 



Based on Poa patula H.B.K. 

 _ EragrostlB patula (H.B.K.) Steud. 

 "in regnl Wultensls Juxta pagum Conoooto" 

 Ecuador, South Amer. 



Megastaohya ? polymorpha (R. Br.) Beauv. Ess.' Agrost. 

 7**, 167, 175. 1812. 



Based on Poa polymorpha H, Br. 

 = Eragr. brownll (Kunth) Nees 



"apud Portum Jackson, ....Hunter 'a River Tel Coal 

 Hlver. " 



Australia 



Megastaohya prostrata (H.B.K.) Hoem. 4 Sohult. Syet. 

 Veg. 2: 590. 1817. 



Based on "Poa prostrata H.B.K." 

 = Dlstlohlls prostrata (H.B.K.) E. Desv. 

 in valle ... Carlpensl ... (Prov. Novae-Andaluslae. ) 

 Venezuela 



Megastaohya pulchella (Steven ex Mar soh. -Bleb. ) Roem. & 

 Sohult. Syst. Veg. 2: 591. 1817. 



Based on "Poa pulchella Steven" ex Karsoh.-Bleb. 

 "In Taurlae ... ad llttora marls nlgrl.* 

 Russia. Eur. 



Megastaohya purpurasoens (Muhl.) Sohult. Mant. 

 2: 326. 1824. 



Based on "Brlza purpurasoens Mlihlenb." 

 Carolina 



s E. olllanensls (All.) Link ban. U. S. 



Hegastachya f reptans (Mlohx.) Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 



74, I67, 175. 1812. 



Based on Poa reptans Mlohx. 



Illinois, Hlohaux 

 • Eragrostls reptans (Mlchx.) Nees 



Kan. D. S. 



Megastaohya ? rlglda (L.) Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 74, 167, 

 175. 1812. 



(as new In Hoem. 4 Sohult. Syst. Veg. 2: 591. 

 1817, same basis) 



Based on Poa rlglda L. 



France; England 

 - Soleropoa rlglda (L.) Orlseb. 



Megastaohya rlglda var. maritime S. P. Oray. Nat. Arr. 

 Brit. Pi. 2: 102. 1821. 



Trltloum marltlmum Wulf in Jacq,. Colleot 3, 24." oltei 



Wulf. cites: "Qramen. . .marltlmum Soheuohz. agrost. 

 pag. 274. num. 3. tab. 6. fig. 5." 



Megastaohya rlparla (Willd.) Hoem. 4 Sohult. Syst. Veg. 

 2: 593. 1817. 



Based on Poa rlparla Wllld. 



Madras India 

 = Eragrostls rlparla (irfllld.) Beauv. 



