Nassella tenuissima

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 tenuissima

Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth, Taxon 39: 612 (1990)

Homotypic
- Stipa tenuissima Trin. in Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 67 (1836)
Heterotypic
- Stipa cirrosa E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 75 (1886)
- Stipa geniculata Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 36: 204 (1870)
- Stipa mendocina Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 27: 339 (1865)
- Stipa oreophila Speg. in Contr. Fl. Sierra Vent.: 65 (1896)
- Stipa subulata E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 75 (1886)
- Stipa tenuissima f. colorata F.A.Roig in Deserta 2: 113 (1971)
- Stipa tenuissima f. nana Parodi in Revista Fac. Ci. Agrar. Univ. Nac. Cuyo 11: 101 (1964 publ. 1966)
- Stipa tenuissima var. oreophila (Speg.) Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(2): 155 (1901)
- Stipa tenuissima var. planicola Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 4(2): 155 (1901)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regionalː Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South
Continental: Northern America
- Regionalː Southern Central USA
  - Colorado, New Mexico, Texas
- Regionalː Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Austria, California, Cape Provinces, Colombia, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Spain, Switzerland, Tasmania, Victoria
- Recorded in error in:
  - Tasmania

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.
(2024). https://doi.org/10.2478/stapfia-2024-0003. epublication.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Nassella tenuissima 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 tenuissima. Published online. Accessed: January 24 2026. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nassella tenuissima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Reference page.