Poaceae
Mamoncillo
Aeluropus lagopoides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aeluropus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- عكرش قصير, عكرش قصير الأوراق
- Armenian
- Որդանխոտ սողացող
- Bangla
- নোনা দূর্বা
- English
- Mamoncillo, Mangrove grass, Mangrove grass, rabbit-foot aeluropus, Rabbit-foot aeluropus
- Persian
- چمن شور پاگربهای
Synonyms
- Aeluropus bombycinus Fig. & De Not.
- Aeluropus brevifolius Nees ex Asch. & Schweinf.
- Aeluropus brevifolius var. longifolius Chiov.
- Aeluropus brevifolius var. pygmaeus Chiov.
- Aeluropus concinnus Fig. & De Not.
- Aeluropus erythraeus Mattei
- Aeluropus erythraeus var. scandens Mattei
- Aeluropus laevis Trin.
- Aeluropus lagopodioides Trin. ex Thwaites
- Aeluropus lagopoides subsp. repens (Desf.) Tzvelev
- Aeluropus lagopoides var. glabrifolia Czopanov
- Aeluropus lagopoides var. hispidulus Halácsy
- Aeluropus lagopoides var. mesopotamicus (Nábelek) Bor
- Aeluropus lagopoides var. repens (Desf.) Khodash.
- Aeluropus littoralis subsp. repens (Desf.) Trab.
- Aeluropus littoralis var. mesopotamicus (Nábelek) Bor
- Aeluropus littoralis var. repens (Desf.) Coss. & Durieu
- Aeluropus longespicatus Parsa
- Aeluropus massauensis (Fresen.) Mattei
- Aeluropus mesopotamicus Nábelek
- Aeluropus mucronatus var. erythraeus A.Terracc.
- Aeluropus niliacus (Spreng.) Steud.
- Aeluropus niloticus Edgew.
- Aeluropus pubescens Trin. ex Steud.
- Aeluropus repens (Desf.) Parl.
- Aeluropus sinaicus Fig. & De Not.
- Aeluropus villosus Hook.f.
- Aeluropus villosus Trin.
- Aira lagopoides (L.) Scop.
- Calotheca massariensis Hochst. & Steud. ex Steud.
- Calotheca massauensis (Fresen.) Hochst. & Steud.
- Calotheca niliaca Spreng.
- Calotheca repens (Desf.) Spreng.
- Coelachyrum indicum Hack.
- Dactylis bombycina (Fig. & De Not.) Steud.
- Dactylis brevifolia J.Koenig ex Willd.
- Dactylis cynosuroides Roth
- Dactylis heterophylla Steud.
- Dactylis lagopodioides Dalzell & A.Gibson
- Dactylis lagopoides L.
and 27 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: spiderkhan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aravinth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arabella Willing, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denys Vynokurov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.