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Stipa mendocina Phil.:
Argentina (South America)
Chile (South America)

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Stipa geniculata Phil.:
Argentina (South America)
Chile (South America)

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Stipa tenuissima fo. nana Parodi:
Argentina (South America)

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Stipa tenuissima fo. colorata F.A. Roig:
Argentina (South America)

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  • Zuloaga, F. O., E. G. Nicora, Z. E. R. Agrasar, O. Morrone, J. Pensiero & A. M. Cialdella. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47: i–xi, 1–178.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43109 External link.
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Stipa subulata E. Fourn.:
Mexico (Mesoamerica)

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Stipa cirrosa E. Fourn.:
Mexico (Mesoamerica)

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Stipa oreophila Speg.:
Argentina (South America)

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Stipa tenuissima var. oreophila (Speg.) Speg.:
Argentina (South America)

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  • Cabrera, A. L. & M. A. Torres. 1970. Stipa. In: A. L. Cabrera, Gramineas. 4(2): 255–290. In A. L. Cabrera Fl. Prov. Buenos Aires. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/20599 External link.
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Stipa tenuissima var. tenuissima :
Argentina (South America)

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  • Cabrera, A. L. & M. A. Torres. 1970. Stipa. In: A. L. Cabrera, Gramineas. 4(2): 255–290. In A. L. Cabrera Fl. Prov. Buenos Aires. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/20599 External link.
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Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth:
Argentina (South America)
Australia (Oceania)
Chile (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
New Zealand (Oceania)
United States (North America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)

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  • Edgar, E. & H. E. Connor. 2000. Gramineae. Fl. New Zealand 5: 1–650.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1016690 External link.
  • Soreng, R. J., G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, E. J. Judziewicz, T. S. Filgueiras & O. Morrone. 2003 and onwards. On-line taxonomic novelties and updates, distributional additions and corrections, and editorial changes since the four published volumes of the Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. vols. 39, 41, 46, and 48. http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG:. In R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras, E. J. Judziewicz & O. Morrone Internet Cat. New World Grasses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1024044 External link.
  • Herrera Arrieta, Y. & A. Cortés Ortiz. 2010. Listado florístico y aspectos ecológicos de la familia Poaceae para Chihuahua, Durango y Zacatecas, México. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 4(2): 711–738.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002652 External link.
  • Espejo Serna, A., A. R. López-Ferrari & J. Valdés-Reyna. 2000. Poaceae. Monocot. Mexic. Sinopsis Floríst. 10: 7–236 [and index].   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1015183 External link.
  • Beetle, A. A. 1995. Gram. México 4: 1–342. Secretaria de Agricultura y Recursos Hidraulícos: COTECOCA, México.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1019699 External link.
  • Sharp, D. & B. K. Simon. 2002. AusGrass: Grasses of Australia. CD-ROM, Version 1.0. CD–ROM.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1026312 External link.
  • Soreng, R. J., J. Valdés-Reyna & A. M. Cialdella. 2002. Stipeae. ined. In R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras, E. J. Judziewicz & O. Morrone Internet Cat. New World Grasses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1011456 External link.
  • Valdés-Reyna, J. & M. E. Barkworth. 2002. Poaceae II. Pooideae: Tribu Stipeae. Fl. Veracruz 127: 1–28.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1020539 External link.
  • Soreng, R. J. 2003. Nassella. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48: 455–467.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1003640 External link.
  • Torres, A. M. 1997. Nassella (Gramineae) del noroeste de la Argentina. 13: 5–45. In Comis. Invest. Ci. [Buenos Aires]. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas, La Plata.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1005339 External link.
  • Barkworth, M. E. & M. A. Torres. 2001. Distribution and diagnostic characters of Nassella (Poaceae: Stipeae). Taxon 50(2): 439–468.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1016431 External link.
  • Barkworth, M. E. 1990. Nassella (Gramineae, Stipeae): Revised interpretation and nomenclatural changes. Taxon 39(4): 597–614.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/19787 External link.
  • Jacobs, S. W. L., J. Everett & M. A. Torres. 1998. Nassella tenuissima (Gramineae) recorded from Australia, a potential new weed related to serrated tussock. Telopea 8(1): 41–46.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1008975 External link.
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Stipa tenuissima Trin.:
Argentina (South America)
Chile (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)

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  • Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103 External link.
  • Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37(4): 317–407.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/2538 External link.
  • Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1371 External link.
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Man. Vasc. Pl. Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1493 External link.
  • Zuloaga, F. O., E. G. Nicora, Z. E. R. Agrasar, O. Morrone, J. Pensiero & A. M. Cialdella. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47: i–xi, 1–178.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43109 External link.
  • Burkart, A. 1969. Gramíneas. 2: 1–551. In A. Burkart Fl. Il. Entre Ríos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/19863 External link.
  • Cabrera, A. L. & M. A. Torres. 1970. Stipa. In: A. L. Cabrera, Gramineas. 4(2): 255–290. In A. L. Cabrera Fl. Prov. Buenos Aires. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/20599 External link.
  • Roig, F. A. 1978. Stipa, Nassella, Orthachne. In: E. G. Nicora, Gramineae. 8(3): 289–333. In M. N. Correa Fl. Patagónica. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/19454 External link.
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United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Physical Description

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Perennials, Terrestrial, not aquatic, Stems nodes swollen or brittle, Stems erect or ascending, Stems caespitose, tufted, or clustered, Stems terete, round in cross section, or polygonal, Stem internodes hollow, Stems with inflorescence less than 1 m tall, Stems, culms, or scapes exceeding basal leaves, Leaves mostly basal, below middle of stem, Leaves mostly cauline, Leaves conspicuously 2-ranked, distichous, Leaves sheathing at base, Leaf sheath mostly open, or loose, Leaf sheath smooth, glabrous, Leaf sheath and blade differentiated, Leaf blades linear, Leaf blades very narrow or filiform, less than 2 mm wide, Leaf blade margins folded, involute , or conduplicate, Leaf blades mostly glabrous, Ligule present, Ligule an unfringed eciliate membrane, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence an open panicle, openly paniculate, branches spreading, Inflorescence solitary, with 1 spike, fascicle, glomerule, head, or cluster per stem or culm, Inflorescence with 2-10 branches, Flowers bisexual, Spikelets pedicellate, Spikelets laterally compressed, Spikelets dorsally compressed or terete, Inflorescence or spikelets partially hidden in leaf sheaths, subtended by spatheole, Spikelet less than 3 mm wide, Spikelets with 1 fertile floret, Spikelets solitary at rachis nodes, Spikelets all alike and fertille, Spikelets bisexual, Spikelets disarticulating above the glumes, glumes persistent, Spikelets disarticulating beneath or between the florets, Rachilla or pedicel glabrous, Glumes present, empty bracts, Glumes 2 clearly present, Glumes distinctly unequal, Glumes equal to or longer than adjacent lemma, Glumes 3 nerved, Lemma coriaceous, firmer or thicker in texture than the glumes, Lemma 5-7 nerved, Lemma body or surface hairy, Lemma rugose, with cross wrinkles, or roughened, Lemma distinctly awned, more than 2-3 mm, Lemma with 1 awn, Lemma awn 2-4 cm long or longer, Lemma awn twice geniculate, bent twice, Lemma apices fused distally into a crown, Lemma margins inrolled, tightly covering palea and caryopsis, Lemma straight, Callus or base of lemma evidently hairy, Callus hairs shorter than lemma, Palea present, well developed, Palea membranous, hyaline, Palea shorter than lemma, Stamens 3, Styles 2-fid, deeply 2-branched, Stigmas 2, Fruit - caryopsis, Caryopsis ellipsoid, longitudinally grooved, hilum long-linear.
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Type fragment for Stipa geniculata Phil.
Catalog Number: US 1939961
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): R. A. Philippi
Year Collected: 1867
Locality: Prope Mendoza., Chile, South America
  • Type fragment: Philippi, R. A. 1870. Anales Univ. Chile. 36: 204.
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Type fragment for Stipa subulata E. Fourn.
Catalog Number: US 866055A
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): W. F. von Karwinsky von Karwin
Locality: Tanque Colorado., Mexico, Central America
  • Type fragment: Fournier, E. P. 1886. Mexic. Pl. 2: 75.
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Type fragment for Stipa tenuissima Trin.
Catalog Number: US 866053A
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): J. Gillies & W. J. Hooker
Year Collected: 1835
Locality: Mendoza, Argentina, South America
  • Type fragment: Trinius, C. B. von. 1836. Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg, Ser. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3 (2): 36.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Nassella tenuissima

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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Nassella tenuissima

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 14
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation

Conservation Status

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United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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