Amelichloa caudata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Stipeae
Genus: Amelichloa
Species: Amelichloa caudata

Homotypic
- Achnatherum caudatum (Trin.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett in Telopea 6: 582 (1996)
- Jarava caudata (Trin.) Peñail. in Gayana, Bot. 59: 30 (2002)
- Stipa caudata Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 75 (1830)
Heterotypic
- Jarava bertrandii (Phil.) Peñail. in Gayana, Bot. 59: 30 (2002)
- Stipa bertrandii Phil. in Linnaea 33: 283 (1864)
- Stipa brachychaeta f. major Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(2): 113 (1901)
- Stipa litoralis Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 93: 717 (1896)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Uruguay Introduced into: New South Wales, New Zealand South, Oregon, Spain, Tasmania, Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Arriaga, M.O. & Barkworth, M.E. 2006. Amelichloa: a new genus in the Stipeae (Poaceae). SIDA, Contributions to Botany 22(1): 145-149. JSTOR Reference page. p. 148.

Cialdella, A.M., Salariato, D.L., Aagesen, L., Giussani, L.M., Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. 2010. Phylogeny of New World Stipeae (Poaceae): an evaluation of the monophyly of Aciachne and Amelichloa. Cladistics 26(6): 563–578. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00310.x Reference page.
Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8(215): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Amelichloa caudata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Amelichloa caudata. Published online. Accessed: January 19 2026. Reference page.