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Taxon: Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi

Genus:

Leptochloa

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Eleusininae

Nomen number:

21779

Place of publication:

Physis (Buenos Aires) 4:184, fig. 5-6. 1918

Link to protologue:

Name Verified on:

06-Jan-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Basionym: Diplachne chloridiformis Hack.

Common names:

Argentine sprangletop (Source: Grass Tex) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires] Paraguay, Uruguay

Naturalized

Northern America

SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

References:

Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. Note: lists as Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas Note: lists as Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi
Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: lists as Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi
Petersen, P. M. et al. 2012. A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109:1327. Note: mentions
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47 Note: lists as Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi

Check other web resources for Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=21779. Accessed 3 July 2024.