Eremochloa ciliaris(L.) Merr.

fringed centipede grass

WFO wfo-0000868685 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, 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.

Eremochloa ciliaris, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-26 / obs. 165917560
Eremochloa ciliaris, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. b Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 165917582
Eremochloa ciliaris, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. c Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164743912
Eremochloa ciliaris, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. d Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164743875
Eremochloa ciliaris, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. e Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164743772
Eremochloa ciliaris, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. f Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164743817
Eremochloa ciliaris, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. g Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164743852
Eremochloa ciliaris, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. h Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 165917573

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Eremochloa ciliaris is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Queensland China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanBangladeshCambodiaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamQueensland
Native distribution of Eremochloa ciliaris, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bangladesh BAN ASIA-TROPICAL
Cambodia CBD
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA

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 18 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.

  • Andropogon leersioides (Munro) F.Muell.
  • Eremochloa ciliaris var. elata Reeder
  • Eremochloa ciliaris var. gigantea (A.Camus) A.Camus
  • Eremochloa ciliaris var. pygmaea (A.Camus) A.Camus
  • Eremochloa ciliaris var. thorelii (A.Camus) A.Camus
  • Eremochloa horneri Buse
  • Eremochloa leersioides (Munro) Hack.
  • Eremochloa leersioides var. elata Reeder
  • Eremochloa leersioides var. gigantea A.Camus
  • Eremochloa leersioides var. gigantea A.Camus
  • Eremochloa leersioides var. pygmaea A.Camus
  • Eremochloa leersioides var. pygmaea A.Camus
  • Eremochloa leersioides var. thorelii A.Camus
  • Eremochloa malayana Ridl.
  • Ischaemum falcatum Thwaites
  • Ischaemum leersioides Munro
  • Nardus ciliaris L.
  • Sehima ciliaris (L.) Roberty

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.