Eragrostis polytricha Nees

Camargo Keller, Victor, Lopes Pereira-Silva, Erico Fernando & Hardt, Elisa, 2021, High richness, new occurrences, and threatened species in a savanna grassland remnant in the largest Brazilian metropolis, Check List 17 (2), pp. 507-549 : 531

Eragrostis polytricha Nees

Identification. Perennial tussock grass, 20–75 cm height. Leaf-blades linear, without glandules, trichomes densely present on both sides, 9–28 cm long, 0.23–0.5 cm wide, ligulate. It is identified by its open panicle, 15–29 cm long, 14–23 cm wide, with trichomes present along the main axis and at the axils.

Common name. Palha-voadora

Remarks. A common species at the native grassland.

Brazilian range. Midwest, North (RR state), Northeast (BA, PB and PE states), South and Southeast (except RJ state) regions.

Materials examined. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Franco da Rocha, Parque Estadual do Juquery ; 23°20′42″S, 046°42′06″W; 13 Dec. 2017; collection number vck141; HUFABC1947 • same collection data as for preceding; collection number vck142; HUFABC1948 • same collection data as for preceding; collection number vck143; HUFABC1949 • Franco da Rocha, Parque Estadual do Juquery ; 23°20′33″S, 046°40′42″W; 6 Mar. 2018; collec- tion number vck249; HUFABC2093 .