Lorenzochloa erectifolia is a species of perennial flowering plant in the grass family.

The species is native to Colombia,[2] Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

[1] The genus name Lorenzochloa is in honour of Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966), who was an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botany in Buenos Aires and La Plata with a focus on South American grasses.

[3] The species was first described as Muhlenbergia erectifolia by Jason Richard Swallen in 1931.

[1] It was later placed in the genus Ortachne as Ortachne erectifolia,[4] until phylogenetic analysis.