Nassella charruana

Nassella charruana

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: Nassella
Species: Nassella charruana

Name

Nassella charruana (Arechav.) Barkworth, Taxon 39: 609 (1990)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Jarava charruana (Arechav.) D.L.Fu in Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12: 251 (2024)
  • Stipa charruana Arechav. in Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, ser. 2, 1: 181 (1895)
• Heterotypic
  • Stipa longicylindrica Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 372 (1898)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Uruguay Regionalː Brazil Brazil South Introduced into: Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Barkworth, 1990. Taxon; Official News Bulletin of the International Society for Plant Taxonomy. Utrecht 39:609.

Additional references

• Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O., Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C.F.S. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1): i–xcvi, 1–983; 107(2): i–xx, 985–2286; 107(3): i–xxi, 2287–3348. ISBN 978-1-930723-70-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 2, Asteraceae); ResearchGate (Vol. 2, pp. 1581–1627, Bignoniaceae) . Reference page. 
• Cialdella, A.M., Muñoz-Schick, M. & Morrone, O. (2013). Sinopsis de las especies Austro-Americanas del género Nassella (Poaceae, Pooideae, Stipeae). Darwiniana, n.s., 1: 76-161.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Nassella charruana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 February 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Nassella charruana. Published online. Accessed: February 04 2026. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nassella charruana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: lobed needle grass

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