Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chloris barbata
zacate borrego, barbas de indio, cebadilla, swollen fingergrass,airport grass, feather finger grass
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Chloris
Species
barbata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Chloris inflata Link (POWO, 2022), Chloris paraguaiensis Steud., fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1963
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Potentially Invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Cerros-Tlatilpa, R. Siqueiros, M. & Skendzic, E. (2015) El género Chloris Sw. (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) en México. Acta Botánica Mexicana, 112: 95-147.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chloris barbata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15684. Accessed 6 November 2026.