Eragrostis ciliaris, the gophertail lovegrass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae).[2] It is native to the Old World Tropics; nearly all of Africa, Madagascar, other Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines and a number of Pacific islands, and has been introduced to the New World Tropics and Subtropics, from the southern United States to Argentina, the Caribbean, and other Pacific islands.[1] Its seeds are edible and nutritious, but quite small and difficult to harvest and handle, so it is usually regarded as a famine food.[3]

Eragrostis ciliaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Eragrostis
Species:	E. ciliaris
Binomial name
Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R.Br.
Synonyms[1]
List Andropogon amboinicus (L.) Merr. Cynodon ciliaris (L.) Raspail Eragrostis amboinensis Trin. ex Steud. Eragrostis amboinica (L.) Druce Eragrostis arabica Jaub. & Spach Eragrostis boryana (Willd.) Steud. Eragrostis ciliaris subsp. brachystachya (Boiss.) H.Scholz Eragrostis compta Link Eragrostis lasseri Luces Eragrostis lobata Trin. Eragrostis pulchella Parl. Eragrostis villosa Trin. Erosion ciliare (L.) Lunell Macroblepharus contractus Phil. Megastachya boryana (Willd.) Roem. & Schult. Megastachya ciliaris (L.) P.Beauv. Poa amboinensis L. Poa amboinica L. Poa boryana Willd. Poa ciliaris L. Poa compta (Link) Kunth Poa elegans Poir. Poa elliptica Willd. ex Steud. Poa lobata (Trin.) Kunth

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