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Taxon:  Leptochloa chloridiformis (Hack.) Parodi



Summary
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
Verified:
01/06/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Diplachne chloridiformis Hack.

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Reference(s)
  1. Burkart, A. E., ed. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. 1969-
  2. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  3. Gould, F. W. The grasses of Texas. 1975
  4. Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950
  5. 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.
  6. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994
Common names
English
Argentine sprangletop –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaBuenos Aires 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaChaco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCordoba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCorrientes 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaEntre Rios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaFederal District 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaFormosa 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSanta Fe 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSantiago del Estero 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaTucuman 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
Native
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Cordoba, Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman, Federal District], Paraguay, Uruguay
Naturalized
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21779. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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