Biology:Cortaderia
| Cortaderia | |
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| Cortaderia selloana pampas grass | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
| Cortaderia argentea (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 C. rudiuscula produce copious seed asexually.[citation needed]
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]
- Cortaderia araucana Stapf - Chile, Argentina
- Cortaderia atacamensis (Phil.) Pilg. - Chile, Argentina, Bolivia
- Cortaderia bifida Pilg. - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Cortaderia boliviensis M.Lyle - Bolivia
- Cortaderia columbiana (Pilg.) Pilg. - Venezuela, Colombia
- Cortaderia hapalotricha (Pilg.) Conert - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Cortaderia hieronymi (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
- Cortaderia modesta (Döll) Hack. ex Dusén - southern Brazil
- Cortaderia nitida (Kunth) Pilg. - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Cortaderia peruviana (Hitchc.) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Cortaderia pilosa (d'Urv.) Hack. - Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands
- Cortaderia planifolia Swallen - Colombia, Peru
- Cortaderia pungens Swallen - Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
- Cortaderia roraimensis (N.E.Br.) Pilg. - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, northwestern Brazil
- Cortaderia rudiuscula 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.
- Cortaderia sericantha (Steud.) Hitchc. - Colombia, Peru
- Cortaderia speciosa (Nees) Stapf - Chile, Argentina, Bolivia
- Cortaderia vaginata Swallen - southern Brazil
- formerly included[3]
see Austroderia Chionochloa Chusquea Phragmites
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. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2952. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Connor HE (1973). "Breeding Systems in Cortaderia (Gramineae)". Evolution 27 (4): 663–678. doi:10.2307/2407199. PMID 28563530.
- ↑ Connor HE (1983). "Names and Types in Cortaderia Stapf (Gramineae) II". Taxon 32 (4): 633–634. doi:10.2307/1221742.
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. II E-O. CRC Press. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q941632 entry
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