Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ERAGROSTIS (G)
Love Grass (Le)
Family: POACEAE

eros, = love, desire;
agros, = a field, land.
agrostis, = a grass that mules feed on.
(graceful heart-shaped spikelets)
(LS, Le)

Eragrostis capensis (La)
Bosluisgras, Cape Love Grass, Small Heart Seed Grass (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

cape, = Cape of Good Hope;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)

Eragrostis curvula (La)
African Love Grass, Bergsoetgras, Fyngras, Weeping Grass (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

curvus, = crooked, curved, bent;
-ulus, = diminutive.
(ld, BL)

Eragrostis elatior (K3)

Location: (F, K)

effero, elatus, = exalted, elevated, lofty, high;
(tall)
-ior, = a comparative suffix.
(said of plants which are taller than their parts would have led one to believe)
(ld, BL)

Eragrostis mexicana subsp. virescens (La)

Location: (K)

Mexico
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.

vireō, = to be green or verdant; to be fresh, vigorous or lively; to flourish, bloom;
viresco, -ere, = to grow or become green or verdant.
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance.
(ld, BL)

Eragrostis racemosa (La)
Narrow Heart Love Grass, Smalhartjiegras (PS)
Location: (K)

racemus, = the stalk of a cluster of grapes and similar plants;
(raceme)
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
racemosus, = full of clusters, clustering.
(ld, BL)

Eragrostis sabulosa (La)

Location: (K)

sabulo, = coarse sand, gravel;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
sabulosus, = full of sand, sandy, gravelly.
(sandy, growing in sandy places)
(ld, BL)

Eragrostis sarmentosa (La)

Location: (K)

sarpo, = to cut off, trim, prune, clean;
sarmentum, = twigs, light branches, brushwood; a faggot, fascine;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
sarmentosus, = full of twigs or little branches.
(producing long runners)
(ld, BL)

Eragrostis trichophora (G)
Athrstone's Grass, Blousaad, Love Grass, Soetgras (PS)
Location: (K)

thrix, = the hair both of man and beast; sheep’s wool;
trichoma, = a growth of hair, shock of hair;
phora, = a carrying, bearing, producing.
(carrier, signifying a part which bears some other parts, a stalk or support)
(LS, BL)

Eragrostis virescens (Now E. mexicana subsp. virescens) (La)

Location: (K)

vireō, = to be green or verdant; to be fresh, vigorous or lively; to flourish, bloom;
viresco, virescere, = to grow or become green or verdant.
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance.

(ld, BL)