Aristida jubata (Arechav.) Herter

Camargo Keller, Victor, Lopes Pereira-Silva, Erico Fernando & Hardt, Elisa, 2021, High richness, new occurrences, and threatened species in a savanna grassland remnant in the largest Brazilian metropolis, Check List 17 (2), pp. 507-549 : 523

Aristida jubata (Arechav.) Herter

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Identification. Perennial tussock grass, 40–80 cm height. Leaf-blades glabrous or scabrous, conduplicate, filiform, 15–25 (40) cm long and 0.05–0.1 cm wide, lig- ulate. Identified by its open panicle, 20–30 cm long, and by its spikelets with three straight, subequal awns, 17– 22 cm long.

Common name. Capim-barba-de-bode

Remarks. An unusual species on the native grassland but frequently observed occupying and colonizing disturbed sites.

Brazilian range. Midwest (except GO state), South and Southeast (except ES state) regions.

Material examined. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Franco da Rocha, Parque Estadual do Juquery ; 23°20′42″S, 046°42′ 06″W; 13 Dec. 2017; collection number vck144; HUFABC 1950 .