Taxon: Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth

Common names:

• Argentine needlegrass   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• fine-stem needlegrass   (Source: Grass Tex [as Stipa tenuissima]) – English
  
• white tussock   (Source: Weeds SAfr [as Stipa tenuissima]) – English
  
• witpolgras   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• svansfjädergräs   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr, as Stipa tenuissima; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Coahuila, Durango [e.], Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina - Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Entre Rios, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Rio Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman; Chile

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Barkworth, M. E. & A. M. Torres. 2001. Distribution and diagnostic characters of Nassella (Poaceae: Stipeae). Taxon 50:458.
• Barkworth, M. E. 1990. Nassella (Gramineae, Stipeae): revised interpretation and nomenclatural changes. Taxon 39:597–614.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• CONABIO. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad en Mexico. Sistema Integrado de Información Taxonómica (SIIT) (on-line resource).
• Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas. [= 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. [= Stipa tenuissima Trin.].
• Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango.
• Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
• Reyna, J. V. & M. E. Barkworth. 1994. El genero Nassella (Poaceae: Stipeae) en Mexico. Acta Bot. Mex. 26:73.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. [= Stipa tenuissima Trin.].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Nassella tenuissima.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Nassella tenuissima.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Nassella tenuissima.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Stipa tenuissima Trin. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth:

• 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
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• 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
• AusGrass2: Australian grass data from Bryan K. Simon’s on-line database
• 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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