Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Gramineae Juss.
Genus
Eragrostis Wolf
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees (1834)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Poa amabilis L. (1753)
  • ≡ Cynodon amabilis (L.) Raspail (1825)
  • = Poa tenella L., Sp. Pl. 69 (1753)
  • ≡ Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. (1817)
  • = Poa plumosa Retz. (1786)
  • ≡ Eragrostis plumosa (Retz.) Link, Hort. Berol. 192 (1827)
Vernacular Name(s):
Japanese love grass
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Cameron, E.K. 2005: BioBlitz and a new exotic grass in Auckland: Eragrostis amabilis. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 60(1): 48–49.
George, A.S. (ed.): Flora of Australia. ABRS and CSIRO, Melbourne.
Link, J.H.F. 1827: Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis. Vol. 1.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Veldkamp, J.F. 2002: Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47(1): 169–171.