Eustachys distichophylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Eustachys distichophylla (Lag.) Nees, 1829

Basionym
- Chloris distichophylla Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 4 (1816).
Homotypic
- Chloris distichophylla var. genuina Hack., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 113 (1904), not validly publ.
Heterotypic
- Chloris confertifolia Trin., Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 74 (1821).
- Chloris fasciculata Schrad. in J.A.Schultes, Mant. 2: 339 (1824).
- Paspalum superbum Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 248 (1824).
- Chloris acuminata Trin., Sp. Gram. 3: t. 305 (1829).
- Eustachys confertifolia (Trin.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 88 (1829).
- Chloris distichophylla var. acuminata (Trin.) Hack., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 179 (1904).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Introduced into:
  - California, Florida, Georgia, Myanmar, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Texas, Western Australia

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in C. F. P. von Martius et al., 1829. Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2(1):418. 1829 (Agrost. bras.)

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eustachys distichophylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Eustachys distichophylla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 30. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Eustachys distichophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 August 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eustachys distichophylla. Published online. Accessed: August 30 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eustachys distichophylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: weeping fingergrass
español: Pasto borla, Paragüita.