List of Aristida species

Aristida is a large, broadly distributed genus of flowering plants in the grass family, Poaceae. As of November 2025, there are around 301 accepted species in Kew's Plants of the World Online.^[1]

Aristida abnormis Chiov.
Aristida achalensis Mez
Aristida acuta S.T.Blake
Aristida adoensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Aristida adscensionis L.
Aristida aemulans Melderis
Aristida aequiglumis Hack.
Aristida alpina L.Liu
Aristida amazonensis Longhi-Wagner
Aristida ambongensis A.Camus
Aristida amplexifolia E.A.Sánchez
Aristida anaclasta Cope
Aristida anisochaeta Clayton
Aristida annamensis Henrard
Aristida annua B.K.Simon
Aristida anthoxanthoides (Domin) Henrard
Aristida antoniana Steud. ex Döll
Aristida appressa Vasey
Aristida arida B.K.Simon
Aristida arizonica Vasey
Aristida arubensis Henrard
Aristida asplundii Henrard
Aristida australis B.K.Simon
Aristida balansae Henrard
Aristida barbicollis Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida basiramea Vasey
Aristida batangensis Z.X.Tang & H.X.Liu
Aristida behriana F.Muell.
Aristida benthamii Henrard
Aristida beyrichiana Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida biglandulosa J.M.Black
Aristida bipartita (Nees) Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida bissei Catasús
Aristida blakei B.K.Simon
Aristida boninensis Ohwi & Tuyama
Aristida brainii Melderis
Aristida brasiliensis Longhi-Wagner
Aristida brevissima L.Liu
Aristida brittonorum Hitchc.
Aristida burbidgeae B.K.Simon
Aristida burraensis B.K.Simon
Aristida calcicola Hitchc. & Ekman
Aristida californica Thurb.
Aristida calycina R.Br.
Aristida capillacea Lam.
Aristida capillifolia Henrard
Aristida caput-medusae Domin
Aristida chapadensis Trin.
Aristida chaseae Hitchc.
Aristida chiclayensis Tovar
Aristida chinensis Munro
Aristida circinalis Lindm.
Aristida cognata Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida condensata Chapm.
Aristida condylifolia Caro
Aristida congesta Roem. & Schult.
Aristida constricta Longhi-Wagner
Aristida contorta F.Muell.
Aristida correlliae P.M.McKenzie, Urbatsch & Proctor
Aristida culionensis Pilger ex Perkins
Aristida cumingiana Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida curtifolia Hitchc.
Aristida curtissii (A.Gray) Nash
Aristida curvifolia E.Fourn.
Aristida cyanantha Steud.
Aristida dasydesmis Mez
Aristida decaryana A.Camus
Aristida denudata Pilg.
Aristida desmantha Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida dewinteri Giess
Aristida dichotoma Michx.
Aristida diffusa Trin.
Aristida diminuta (Mez) C.E.Hubb.
Aristida divaricata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Aristida divulsa Andersson
Aristida dominii B.K.Simon
Aristida echinata Henrard
Aristida echinulata Roseng. & Izag.
Aristida ecuadoriensis Henrard
Aristida effusa Henrard
Aristida ekmaniana Henrard
Aristida elliptica (Nees) Kunth
Aristida eludens Allred & Valdés-Reyna
Aristida engleri Mez
Aristida erecta Hitchc.
Aristida exserta S.T.Blake
Aristida fendleriana Steud.
Aristida ferrilateris S.M.Phillips
Aristida filifolia (Arechav.) Herter
Aristida flabellata Caro
Aristida flaccida Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida floridana (Chapm.) Vasey
Aristida forsteri B.K.Simon
Aristida fragilis Hitchc. & Ekman
Aristida fredscholzii H.Scholz & Kürschner
Aristida friesii Hack. ex Henrard
Aristida funiculata Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida geminiflora E.Fourn.
Aristida gibbosa (Nees) Kunth
Aristida glabrata (Vasey) Hitchc.
Aristida glauca (Nees) Walp.
Aristida glaziovii Hack. ex Henrard
Aristida gracilipes (Domin) Henrard
Aristida granitica B.K.Simon
Aristida guayllabambensis Laegaard
Aristida gypsophila Beetle
Aristida gyrans Chapm.
Aristida hackelii Arechav.
Aristida hamulosa Henrard
Aristida hassleri Hack.
Aristida havardii Vasey
Aristida helicophylla S.T.Blake
Aristida helleriana M.Marchi, Muj.-Sall. & R.L.Barbieri
Aristida hintonii Hitchc.
Aristida hispidula Henrard
Aristida hitchcockiana Henrard
Aristida holathera Domin
Aristida hordeacea Kunth
Aristida hubbardiana Schweick.
Aristida humbertii Bourreil
Aristida humidicola S.M.Phillips
Aristida hygrometrica R.Br.
Aristida hystricula Edgew.
Aristida hystrix L.f.
Aristida inaequiglumis Domin
Aristida ingrata Domin
Aristida jacobsiana B.K.Simon & Cowie
Aristida jaliscana R.Guzmán & V.Jaram.
Aristida jaucense Catasús
Aristida jerichoensis (Domin) Henrard
Aristida jorullensis Kunth
Aristida jubata (Arechav.) Herter
Aristida junciformis Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida kelleri Hack.
Aristida kenyensis Henrard
Aristida kerstingii Pilg.
Aristida kimberleyensis B.K.Simon
Aristida kunthiana Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida laevigata Hitchc. & Ekman
Aristida laevis (Nees) Kunth
Aristida lanigera Longhi-Wagner
Aristida lanosa Muhl. ex Elliott
Aristida latifolia Domin (feathertop wiregrass^[2])
Aristida latzii B.K.Simon
Aristida laxa Cav.
Aristida lazaridis B.K.Simon
Aristida leichhardtiana Domin
Aristida leptopoda Benth.
Aristida leptura Cope
Aristida leucophaea Henrard
Aristida liebmannii E.Fourn.
Aristida lignosa B.K.Simon
Aristida lisowskii Richel
Aristida longespica Poir.
Aristida longicollis (Domin) Henrard
Aristida longifolia Trin.
Aristida longiseta Steud.
Aristida macrantha Hack.
Aristida macroclada Henrard
Aristida macrophylla Hack.
Aristida mandoniana Henrard
Aristida megapotamica Spreng.
Aristida mendocina Phil.
Aristida meraukensis Henrard
Aristida meridionalis Henrard
Aristida mexicana Scribn. ex Henrard
Aristida migiurtina Chiov.
Aristida minutiflora Caro
Aristida mohrii Nash
Aristida mollissima Pilg.
Aristida monticola Henrard
Aristida moritzii Henrard
Aristida multiramea Hack.
Aristida muricata Henrard
Aristida murina Cav.
Aristida mutabilis Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida neglecta León ex Hitchc.
Aristida nemorivaga Henrard
Aristida nicorae Sulekic
Aristida niederleinii Mez
Aristida nitidula (Henrard) S.T.Blake
Aristida novae-caledoniae Henrard
Aristida obscura Henrard
Aristida oligantha Michx.
Aristida oligospira (Hack.) Henrard
Aristida pallens Cav.
Aristida palustris (Chapm.) Vasey
Aristida pansa Wooton & Standl.
Aristida paoliana (Chiov.) Henrard
Aristida papuana Veldkamp
Aristida parodii Henrard
Aristida parvula (Nees) De Winter
Aristida patula Chapm. ex Nash
Aristida pedroensis Henrard
Aristida pendula Longhi-Wagner
Aristida pennei Chiov.
Aristida perniciosa Domin
Aristida personata Henrard
Aristida petersonii Allred & Valdés-Reyna
Aristida pilgeri Henrard
Aristida pilosa Labill.
Aristida pinifolia Catasús
Aristida pittieri Henrard
Aristida platychaeta S.T.Blake
Aristida polyclados Domin
Aristida portoricensis Pilg.
Aristida pradana León
Aristida protensa Henrard
Aristida pruinosa Domin
Aristida psammophila Henrard
Aristida pseudochiclayensis Gut.Peralta & R.Castañeda
Aristida pubescens E.A.Sánchez
Aristida purpurascens Poir.
Aristida purpurea Nutt.
Aristida purpusiana Hitchc.
Aristida pycnostachya Cope
Aristida queenslandica Henrard
Aristida ramosa R.Br.
Aristida ramosissima Engelm. ex A.Gray
Aristida recta Franch.
Aristida recurvata Kunth
Aristida redacta Stapf
Aristida refracta Griseb.
Aristida repens Trin.
Aristida rhiniochloa Hochst.
Aristida rhizomophora Swallen
Aristida riograndensis B.M.A.Severo & I.I.Boldrini
Aristida riparia Trin.
Aristida rosei Hitchc.
Aristida rufescens Steud.
Aristida sanctae-luciae Trin.
Aristida sandinensis Catasús
Aristida sayapensis Caro
Aristida scabrescens L.Liu
Aristida scabrivalvis Hack.
Aristida schebehliensis Henrard
Aristida schiedeana Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida schultzii Mez
Aristida sciuroides Domin
Aristida sciurus Stapf
Aristida scribneriana Hitchc.
Aristida setacea Retz.
Aristida setifolia Kunth
Aristida sieberiana Trin.
Aristida similis Steud.
Aristida simpliciflora Chapm.
Aristida somalensis Stapf
Aristida spanospicula Allred & Valdés-Reyna & Sánchez-Ken
Aristida spectabilis Hack.
Aristida spegazzinii Arechav.
Aristida spiciformis Elliott
Aristida spuria Domin
Aristida stenophylla Henrard
Aristida stenostachya Clayton
Aristida stipitata Hack.
Aristida stipoides Lam.
Aristida stocksii (Hook.f.) Domin
Aristida stricta Michx.
Aristida strigosa (Henrard) S.T.Blake
Aristida subaequans Döll
Aristida subspicata Trin. & Rupr.
Aristida subulata Henrard
Aristida superpendens Domin
Aristida suringarii Henrard
Aristida takeoi Ohwi
Aristida tarapotana Mez
Aristida tenuifolia Hitchc.
Aristida tenuiseta Cope
Aristida tenuissima A.Camus
Aristida teretifolia Arechav.
Aristida ternipes Cav.
Aristida thompsonii B.K.Simon
Aristida torta (Nees) Kunth
Aristida trachyantha Henrard
Aristida transvaalensis Henrard
Aristida tricornis H.Scholz & P.König
Aristida triseta Keng
Aristida triticoides Henrard
Aristida tsangpoensis L.Liu
Aristida tuberculosa Nutt.
Aristida tuitensis Sánchez-Ken & Dávila
Aristida uruguayensis Henrard
Aristida utilis F.M.Bailey
Aristida vagans Cav.
Aristida vaginata Hitchc.
Aristida valida Henrard
Aristida venesuelae Henrard
Aristida venustula Arechav.
Aristida vestita Thunb.
Aristida vexativa Henrard
Aristida vickeryae B.K.Simon
Aristida victoriana Sulekic
Aristida vilfifolia Henrard
Aristida villosa B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
Aristida virgata Trin.
Aristida warburgii Mez
Aristida wildii Melderis
Aristida wrightii Nash

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