Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
caminadora, graminea corredora, sancarana, paja peluda, itch grass, Guinea fowl grass, jointed grass
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Rottboellia
Species
cochinchinensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Stegosia cochinchinensis Lour.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Brako, L. Zarucchi,J.L. (1993) Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Rottboellia cochinchinensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2003. Accessed 25 June 2026.