- purpurata
- , purpuratumL. purpureus, purple; -ata, possessing.1) Inflorescence or spikelets purple. Arthrostylidium purpuratum, Aulonemia purpurata, Eriochrysis purpurata, Piptochaetium purpuratum, Saccharum purpuratum2) leaf-blades purplered. Phyllostachys purpurata
Etymological dictionary of grasses . H. Trevor Clifford, Peter D.. 2012.