EPPO Global Database

Leptochloa mucronata(LEFFI)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-08

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: LEFFI
  • Preferred name: Leptochloa mucronata
  • Authority: (Michaux) Kunth

Notes

North America (southern), Central America, South America. Introduced in southeast Asia, west Africa

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Eleusine filiformis Persoon
Leptochloa filiformis (Lamarck) Palisot de Beauvois
Leptochloa panicea subsp. mucronata (Michaux) Nowack

Common names
Name Language
Christmas-tree grass English
red sprangletop English (US)
fadenförmiger Steifhalm German
lepture filiforme French
cola de zorra Spanish (HN)
nudillo Spanish (BO)
paja de burro Spanish
paja de loma Spanish (CO)
paja mona Spanish (CO)
pasto morado Spanish (AR)
yerba de hilo Spanish (DO)
zacate leptochloa Spanish (HN)
zacate salado Spanish (HN)
capim-mimoso Portuguese (BR)
capim-nunga Portuguese (BR)
itoazegaya Japanese
イトアゼガヤ Japanese
лептохлоа нитевидная Russian