Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amorseco	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
candy grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lovegrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stink grass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stinkgrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
strongscented lovegrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
大画眉草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大画眉草花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
星星草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 96 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link Hort. Berol. 1: 187 (1827).
Briza eragrostis L. Sp. Pl.: 70 (1753).
Briza eragrostis var. megastachya Gareizo Synopsis Anal. Fl. Gard: 313 (1847).
Briza megastachya Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 225 (1840), pro syn.
Briza oblonga Moench Methodus: 185 (1794), nom. superfl.
Briza purpurascens Muhl. Descr. Gram.: 154 (1817).
Calotheca purpurascens (Muhl.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 348 (1824).
Eragrostis argentina Jedwabn. Bot. Arch. 5: 193 (1924).
Eragrostis articulata De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 6: 58 (1919), nom. illeg.
Eragrostis cilianensis f. leersioides (C.Presl) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 2: 175 (1953).
Eragrostis cilianensis var. leersioides (C.Presl) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 935 (1941).
Eragrostis cilianensis subsp. major (Beck) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 2: 175 (1953).
Eragrostis cilianensis var. major (Beck) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 935 (1941).
Eragrostis cilianensis f. megastachya (Koeler) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 2: 175 (1953).
Eragrostis cilianensis var. minoroides P.Monts. Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 16: 428 (1964).
Eragrostis cilianensis subsp. starosselskyi (Grossh.) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR: 634 (1976).
Eragrostis cilianensis var. starosselskyi (Grossh.) Dobignard & Portal Eragrostis France & Europe Occid.: 193 (2002).
Eragrostis cilianensis var. subbiloba (Chiov.) Dobignard & Portal Eragrostis France & Europe Occid.: 195 (2002).
Eragrostis cilianensis var. thyrsiflora (Willk.) Dobignard & Portal Eragrostis France & Europe Occid.: 197 (2002).
Eragrostis cilianensis subsp. thyrsiflora (Willk.) H.Scholz & Valdés Willdenowia 36: 664 (2006).
Eragrostis costata F.Turner Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 30: 91 (1905).
Eragrostis eragrostis (L.) MacMill. Metasp. Minnesota Valley: 75 (1892), not validly publ.
Eragrostis eragrostis subvar. leersioides (C.Presl) Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 306 (1927), not validly publ.
Eragrostis eragrostis var. megastachya (Koeler) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 182 (1916), not validly publ.
Eragrostis flexuosa Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 266 (1854).
Eragrostis leersioides (C.Presl) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 263 (1854).
Eragrostis major Host Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: t. 24 (1809), nom. superfl.
Eragrostis major var. conferta Ten. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol.: 558 (1831).
Eragrostis major var. subbiloba (Chiov.) Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 187 (1916).
Eragrostis megastachya var. acutiuscula Hack. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 15: 156 (1909).
Eragrostis megastachya var. cilianensis (All.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 371 (1900), nom. superfl.
Eragrostis megastachya var. compacta (Regel) Krylov Fl. Zapadnoĭ Sibiri 2: 357 (1928).
Eragrostis megastachya var. densiflora (Guss.) Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 103 (1843).
Eragrostis megastachya var. leersioides (C.Presl) Pant. Verh. Vereins Natur- Heilk. Presburg, n.f., 2: 15 (1871).
Eragrostis megastachya var. microstachya Coss., Germ. & Wedd. Introd. Fl. Anal. Paris: 142 (1842).
Eragrostis megastachya f. nana Lorentz & Niederl. Exped. Rio Negro, Bot: 272 (1881).
Eragrostis megastachya var. paucispicula A.Reyn. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 12: 6 (1903).
Eragrostis megastachya f. thessalonica Charrel Oesterr. Bot. Z. 42: 411 (1892).
Eragrostis megastachya var. thyrsiflora Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 83 (1861).
Eragrostis megastachya var. verrucosa Schltdl. Linnaea 27: 477 (1852).
Eragrostis minor var. major Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 1: 118 (1890).
Eragrostis minor var. megastachya (Koeler) Burtt Davy in W>L.Jepson, Fl. West Mid. Calif.: 60 (1901), nom. illeg.
Eragrostis minor var. megastycha (Koeler) Burtt Davy in W.L.Jepson, Fl. W. Calif.: 60 (1901).
Eragrostis monodii A.Camus Mém. Univ. Alger Inst. Recherch. Sahar. 4: 97 (1958).
Eragrostis multiflora var. cilianensis (All.) Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 30: 369 (1939).
Eragrostis multiflora var. glandulifera Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 370 (1908).
Eragrostis multiflora var. insularis Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 65 (1903 publ. 1902).
Eragrostis multiflora subsp. leersioides (C.Presl) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 73 (1890).
Eragrostis multiflora var. subbiloba Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 370 (1908 publ. 1907).
Eragrostis multiflora f. violacea N.Terracc. ex Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 65 (1903 publ. 1902).
Eragrostis multiglandulosa H.Scholz Willdenowia 41: 324 (2011).
Eragrostis oblonga Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 238 (1816), nom. illeg.
Eragrostis pappiana var. insularis (Chiov.) Mattei Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 60 (1910).
Eragrostis pappii Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 299 (1919 publ. 1920).
Eragrostis pilosa subsp. leersioides (C.Presl) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 73 (1890).
Eragrostis pilosa subsp. triticea (C.Presl) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 73 (1890).
Eragrostis polyadenia Mattei Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 60 (1910).
Eragrostis polymorpha Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 575 (1817).
Eragrostis polysperma Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 112 (1930).
Eragrostis pooides var. compacta Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(II): 295 (1869).
Eragrostis pooides var. major (Host) Neilr. Fl. Nied.-Oesterr.: 62 (1859), nom. illeg.
Eragrostis pooides var. megastachya (Koeler) A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 563 (1856).
Eragrostis schweinfurthiana Jedwabn. Bot. Arch. 5: 194 (1924).
Eragrostis starosselskyi Grossh. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 4: 18 (1923).
Eragrostis thyrsiflora Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 83 (1861), not validly publ.
Eragrostis triticea (C.Presl) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 564 (1840).
Eragrostis virletii E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 116 (1886).
Eragrostis vulgaris subsp. major (Beck) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 462 (1913).
Eragrostis vulgaris var. megastachya (Koeler) Coss. & Germ. Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris: 641 (1845).
Eragrostis vulgaris subsp. megastachya (Koeler) Douin in G.E.M.Bonnier, Fl. Ill. France 12: 32 (1934).
Erosion cilianense (All.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 221 (1915).
Megastachya eragrostis (L.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 575, 584 (1817).
Megastachya leersioides C.Presl Gram. Sicul.: 28 (1818).
Megastachya oblonga P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 74 (1812), nom. superfl.
Megastachya obtusa Schult. Mant. 2: 326 (1824).
Megastachya purpurascens (Muhl.) Schult. Mant. 2: 326 (1824).
Megastachya triticea C.Presl Gram. Sicul.: 29 (1818).
Poa cachectica Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 66 (1827).
Poa cilianensis All. Fl. Pedem. 2: 246 (1785).
Poa eragrostis (L.) Brot. Fl. Lusit. 1: 103 (1804), nom. illeg.
Poa flava Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 563 (1840), pro syn.
Poa flexuosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 340 (1820), nom. illeg.
Poa leersioides (C.Presl) Guss. Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 98 (1827).
Poa megastachya Koeler Descr. Gramin.: 181 (1802).
Poa megastachya var. densiflora Guss. Fl. Sicul. Prodr., Suppl.: 21 (1832).
Poa megastachya var. intermedia Guss. Fl. Sicul. Prodr., Suppl.: 21 (1832).
Poa megastachya var. minor Guss. Fl. Sicul. Prodr., Suppl.: 21 (1832).
Poa nuttallii Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 344 (1824), nom. superfl.
Poa oblonga Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 238 (1816), nom. superfl.
Poa obtusa Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 67 (1818), nom. illeg.
Poa pennsylvanica Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 67 (1818).
Poa philadelphica W.P.C.Barton Comp. Fl. Philadelph. 1: 62 (1818), nom. superfl.
Poa polymorpha J.Koenig ex Rottler Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 194 (1803), nom. illeg.
Poa roxburghiana Schult. Mant. 2: 315 (1824).
Poa tortuosa Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 345 (1825).
Poa triticea (C.Presl) Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 116 (1829).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eragrostis cilianensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) F.T.Hubb.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Link	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Link ex Vignolo-Lutati	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vign.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vign. Ex Janchen	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Eragrostis cilianensis Vignolo Lutati	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Eragrostis megastachya	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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