Eragrostis gangetica(Roxb.) Steud.

slimflower lovegrass

WFO wfo-0000867771 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Eragrostis gangetica, photographed by John Kees
fig. a John Kees, CC0 1.0 / 2021-07-10 / obs. 142541350
Eragrostis gangetica, photographed by John Kees
fig. b John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 142541306
Eragrostis gangetica, photographed by John Kees
fig. c John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 142541320
Eragrostis gangetica, photographed by John Kees
fig. d John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 142541340

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Native range 52 botanical countries

Regions where Eragrostis gangetica is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCaprivi StripCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEritreaEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweAssamBangladeshBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMalayaMyanmarNepalSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Eragrostis gangetica, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Caprivi Strip CPV
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Libya LBY
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Nicobar Is. NCB
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Eragrostis cambessediana (Kunth) Steud.
  • Eragrostis dakarensis A.Chev.
  • Eragrostis dayanandanii Ravich., Krishnan & N.P.Samson
  • Eragrostis dumasiana A.Chev.
  • Eragrostis elegantula Nees ex Miq.
  • Eragrostis flamignii De Wild.
  • Eragrostis kalinaensis Vanderyst
  • Eragrostis ovina (A.Rich.) Steud.
  • Eragrostis pumila A.Chev.
  • Eragrostis stenoclada J.Presl
  • Eragrostis stenophylla Hochst. ex Miq.
  • Eragrostis vinicolor A.Chev.
  • Eragrostis vinicolor var. pallida A.Chev.
  • Eragrostis willdenowii Nees ex Steud.
  • Poa cambessediana Kunth
  • Poa floribunda Willd. ex Spreng.
  • Poa gangetica Roxb.
  • Poa ovina A.Rich.
  • Poa stenoclada (J.Presl) Kunth

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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