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False Rhodes grass

Leptochloa crinita (Lag.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Leptochloa

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False Rhodes grass: Trichloris crinita , west side of the San Simon River near Gold Gulch, 32.496 -109.495, Graham County, Arizona, 6 Nov 2014.
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
False Rhodes grass

Synonyms

  • Chloris crinita Lag.
  • Chloris mendocina Phil.
  • Chloris trichodes Lag. ex Parodi
  • Chloropsis blanchardiana (Hack.) Kuntze
  • Chloropsis crinita (Lag.) Kuntze
  • Chloropsis fasciculata (E.Fourn.) Kuntze
  • Chloropsis mendocina (Phil.) Kuntze
  • Leptochloris crinita Munro ex Kuntze
  • Leptochloris greggii Munro ex Merr.
  • Trichloris blanchardiana Hack.
  • Trichloris crinita (Lag.) Parodi
  • Trichloris crinita var. triflora Parodi
  • Trichloris crinita var. typica Parodi
  • Trichloris fasciculata E.Fourn.
  • Trichloris mendocina (Phil.) Kurtz
  • Trichloris mendocina f. blanchardiana (Hack.) Kurtz
  • Trichloris verticillata E.Fourn. ex Vasey

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.