Nassella neesiana

Nassella neesiana

Nassella neesiana

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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 neesiana

Name

Nassella neesiana (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth, Taxon 39: 611 (1990)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Jarava neesiana (Trin. & Rupr.) D.L.Fu in Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12: 253 (2024)
  • Stipa neesiana Trin. & Rupr. in Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 27 (1842)
• Heterotypic
  • Nassella ligularis (Griseb.) Barkworth & Torres in Taxon 50: 456 (2001)
  • Stipa contracta Phil. in Linnaea 33: 285 (1864)
  • Stipa eminens Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 374 (1829), nom. illeg.
  • Stipa eminens var. micrantha Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 371 (1898)
  • Stipa fernandeziana (Trin. & Rupr.) Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 124 (1854)
  • Stipa hispida Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 93: 719 (1896)
  • Stipa intricata Godr. in Mém. Sect. Med. Acad. Sci. Montpellier 1: 449 (1853)
  • Stipa ligularis (Griseb.) Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(2): 91 (1901)
  • Stipa longiflora Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 124 (1854)
  • Stipa neesiana var. chilensis Trin. & Rupr. in Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 28 (1842)
  • Stipa neesiana f. contorta Hack. in Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, ser. 3, 4: 100 (1904)
  • Stipa neesiana f. depauperata Hack. in Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 78 (1911)
  • Stipa neesiana var. fernandeziana Trin. & Rupr. in Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 28 (1842)
  • Stipa neesiana var. formicarioides Burkart in Fl. Ilustr. Entre Ríos 2: 159 (1969)
  • Stipa neesiana var. glabrata Arechav. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 314 (1896)
  • Stipa neesiana var. gracilior Burkart in Fl. Ilustr. Entre Ríos 2: 158 (1969)
  • Stipa neesiana var. hirsuta Arechav. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 314 (1896)
  • Stipa neesiana var. hispidula (Speg.) Hack. in Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 78 (1911)
  • Stipa neesiana var. ligularis Griseb. in Symb. Fl. Argent.: 298 (1879)
  • Stipa neesiana var. longiaristata Arechav. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(1): 82 (1902)
  • Stipa neesiana var. sublaevis (Speg.) Speg. in Revista Argent. Agron. 1: 45 (1925)
  • Stipa setigera var. glabrata (Arechav.) Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(2): 97 (1901)
  • Stipa setigera var. hispidula Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(2): 97 (1901)
  • Stipa setigera var. longiaristata (Arechav.) Roseng. in A.Lombardo, Fl. Montevidensis 3: 125 (1984)
  • Stipa setigera f. pallida Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(2): 97 (1901)
  • Stipa setigera f. purpurascens Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(2): 97 (1901)
  • Stipa setigera f. versicolor Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(2): 97 (1901)
  • Stipa skottsbergii Pilg. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 51(9): 22 (1914)
  • Stipa sublaevis Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(2): 82 (1901)
  • Stipa trachysperma Phil. in Linnaea 33: 284 (1864)
  • Urachne longiflora Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 731 (1841), nom. nud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay Regionalː Western South America Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Ecuador, Juan Fernández Is., Peru Regionalː Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Regionalː Northern South America Colombia Introduced into: Alabama, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Free State, Germany, Greece, Italy, Madeira, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Spain, St.Helena, Tasmania, 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 39:611.

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 neesiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Nassella neesiana. Published online. Accessed: January 24 2026. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nassella neesiana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Uruguayan needlegras
• suomi: Pampahöyhenheinä

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