Cortaderia
Cortaderia | |
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Cortaderia selloana pampas grass | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Danthonioideae |
Tribe: | Danthonieae |
Genus: | Cortaderia Stapf[1][2] |
Type species | |
(Nees) Stapf
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Synonyms[3] | |
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Cortaderia is a genus of South American and Central American plants in the Poaceae grass family.[4][5]
Etymology[]
The common name pampas grass, though strictly referring to C. selloana, is frequently applied to all species in the genus (and sometimes also to species of Erianthus and Saccharum ravennae). The name of the genus is derived from the Argentine Spanish word cortadera, which in turn refers to the sharp serrations on the leaves.[6] Cortaderia jubata and produce copious seed asexually.
Description[]
The species of Cortaderia are imposing tall grasses growing 1.5–3 m tall, with graceful white inflorescence plumes. They are in widespread use as ornamental plants.
- Species[3]
- Stapf - Chile, Argentina
- (Phil.) Pilg. - Chile, Argentina, Bolivia
- Pilg. - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- M.Lyle - Bolivia
- (Pilg.) Pilg. - Venezuela, Colombia
- (Pilg.) Conert - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- (Kuntze) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder - Bolivia, Peru, Argentina
- Cortaderia jubata (Lemoine ex Carrière) Stapf – Andean pampas grass - Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina; naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Oregon, California, Hawaii
- (Döll) Hack. ex Dusén - southern Brazil
- (Kunth) Pilg. - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- (Hitchc.) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- (d'Urv.) Hack. - Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands
- Swallen - Colombia, Peru
- Swallen - Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
- (N.E.Br.) Pilg. - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, northwestern Brazil
- Stapf - Andes of Chile, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia
- Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Asch. & Graebn. – pampas grass - Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia; naturalized in parts of northern South America, Mesoamerica, West Indies, southern USA, Australia, New Zealand, Mediterranean Basin, etc.
- (Steud.) Hitchc. - Colombia, Peru
- (Nees) Stapf - Chile, Argentina, Bolivia
- Swallen - southern Brazil
- formerly included[3]
see Austroderia Chionochloa Chusquea Phragmites
- Cortaderia archboldii -
- Cortaderia conspicua -
- Cortaderia egmontiana - Phragmites australis
- Cortaderia fulvida - Austroderia fulvida
- Cortaderia quila - Chusquea quila
- Cortaderia richardii - Austroderia richardii
- Cortaderia splendens -
- Cortaderia toetoe -
- Cortaderia turbaria -
References[]
- ^ Stapf, Otto 1897. Gardeners' Chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ser. 3 22(570): 378, 396 in English
- ^ "Genus: Cortaderia Stapf". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Connor HE (1973). "Breeding Systems in Cortaderia (Gramineae)". Evolution. 27 (4): 663–678. doi:10.2307/2407199. JSTOR 2407199.
- ^ Connor HE (1983). "Names and Types in Cortaderia Stapf (Gramineae) II". Taxon. 32 (4): 633–634. doi:10.2307/1221742. JSTOR 1221742.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. Vol. II E-O. CRC Press. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
External links[]
Data related to Cortaderia at Wikispecies Media related to Cortaderia at Wikimedia Commons
- Danthonioideae
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Bunchgrasses of South America
- Poaceae genera