Aristida mendocinaPhil.

WFO wfo-0000849053 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Aristida mendocina, photographed by Benjamin Bender
fig. a Benjamin Bender, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-09-27 / obs. 97651957
Aristida mendocina, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. b Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 183794696
Aristida mendocina, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. c Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126978427
Aristida mendocina, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. d Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106500974
Aristida mendocina, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. e Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104161210
Aristida mendocina, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. f Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102482038
Aristida mendocina, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. g Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98121059
Aristida mendocina, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. h Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99366473

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Aristida mendocina is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Paraguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthBoliviaParaguay
Native distribution of Aristida mendocina, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Argentina South AGS
Bolivia BOL
Paraguay PAR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aristida cordobensis Hack.
  • Aristida inversa Hack.
  • Aristida inversa f. macrantha Parodi
  • Aristida mendocina var. macrantha (Parodi) Henrard

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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