Jarava ichu

Jarava ichu

Jarava ichu

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: Jarava
Species: Jarava ichu

Name

Jarava ichu Ruiz H et J.A.Pavon, Fl. peruv. 1:5. (1798)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Stipa ichu (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 60 (1829)
  • Stipa jarava P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 19 (1812), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Jarava arundinacea Willd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 799 (1841), nom. superfl.
  • Jarava eriostachya (Kunth) Peñail. in Gayana, Bot. 59: 31 (2002)
  • Jarava usitata Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 6 (1805)
  • Stipa eriostachya Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 127 (1816)
  • Stipa gynerioides Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 36: 203 (1870)
  • Stipa ichu var. gynerioides (Phil.) Hack. in Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 98 (1904)
  • Stipa ichu f. interrupta Hack. in Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 76 (1911)
  • Stipa liebmannii E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 76 (1886)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest Regionalː Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regionalː Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Regionalː Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala Continental: Northern America Regionalː Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Spain References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ruiz, H. & Pavon, J. 1798. Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis, sive Descriptiones, et icones plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium, secundum systema Linnaeanum digestae, cum characteribus plurium generum evulgatorum reformatis. Tomus I. VI + 78 pp., tt. 1–106. Typis Gabrielis de Sancha, Madrid. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page. ː 1:5..

Additional references

• Penailillo, P. 2002. El genero Jarava Ruiz et Pavon (Stipeae-Poaceae): Delimitación y nuevas combinaciones. Gayana 59:27-34.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Jarava ichu in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Jarava ichu. Published online. Accessed: January 23 2026. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• español: Paja ichu

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