Taxon:
Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth
Summary
Place of publication:
Taxon 39:612. 1990
Verified:
04/15/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Barkworth, M. E. & A. M. Torres. 2001. Distribution and diagnostic characters of Nassella (Poaceae: Stipeae). Taxon 50:458. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
- Barkworth, M. E. 1990. Nassella (Gramineae, Stipeae): revised interpretation and nomenclatural changes. Taxon 39:597-614. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). URL: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
- CONABIO. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad en Mexico. Sistema Integrado de Información Taxonómica (SIIT) (on-line resource). URL: http://siit.conabio.gob.mx/
- Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas Note: = Stipa tenuissima
- Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
- Henderson, M. et al. 1987. Declared weeds and alien invader plants in South Africa. Botanical Research Institute, bulletin 413 Note: = Stipa tenuissima Trin.
- Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
- Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource). URL: http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html
- Reyna, J. V. & M. E. Barkworth. 1994. El genero Nassella (Poaceae: Stipeae) en Mexico. Acta Bot. Mex. 26:73. URL: http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=574
- Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
- Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47 Note: = Stipa tenuissima Trin.
Common names
English
Argentine needlegrass – fine-stem needlegrass – white tussock – Afrikaans
witpolgras – Swedish
svansfjädergräs –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila de Zaragoza | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo León | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Zacatecas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Aguascalientes | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guanajuato | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | México | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tlaxcala | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Catamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Córdoba | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Entre Ríos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | La Pampa | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | La Rioja | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Mendoza | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Río Negro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | San Juan | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | San Luis | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Santa Cruz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Santa Fe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Santiago del Estero | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Tucumán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango (e.), Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, México, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Córdoba, Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Entre Ríos, La Pampa, La Rioja, Río Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán], Chile
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | | fide Weeds SAfr, as Stipa tenuissima; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001 | Henderson, M. et al. 1987. Declared weeds and alien invader plants in South Africa. Botanical Research Institute, bulletin 413 |