Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Poaceae > Tribe Stipeae > Genus Stipa

Stipa capensis Thunb.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stipa*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Stipa humilis*	Brot.	heterotypic synonym
*Stipa retorta*	Cav.	heterotypic synonym
*Stipa tortilis*	Desf.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: barró; espart de cordell; rompsac; ronsac sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

English-United States: Mediterranean Needle-grass sources: Charles Hussey

Majorcan: rompsac sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: tabua do campo sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: mechón de vieja; pelote; pelufo; triguera de amores sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Valencian: herba aspra sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Welsh: plufwellt Môr y Canoldir

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1794.

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Citation

Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Stipa capensis Thunb.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=3FAC4BEC-04EC-49C4-86AD-D420F46D7357

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2009-06-15 by Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

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