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

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

• Basionym: Chloris petraea Sw.

Common names:

• pinewoods finger grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=740), Georgia (s.), Louisiana (s.), Mississippi (s.), North Carolina (e.), South Carolina (e.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Nuevo León, Tamaulipas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, United States [Puerto Rico]
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• BRAZIL: Brazil [Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Misiones] Uruguay

References:

1. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:353.
2. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
3. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
5. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
6. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
7. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
8. Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia
9. Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida

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=418945. Accessed 3 July 2024.