Cortaderia

<i>Cortaderia</i>

Cortaderia

Genus of grasses

Cortaderia is a genus of South American and Central American plants in the Poaceae grass family.[4][5]

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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

  • Cortaderia archboldii - Chionochloa archboldii
  • Cortaderia conspicua - Chionochloa conspicua
  • Cortaderia egmontiana - Phragmites australis
  • Cortaderia fulvida - Austroderia fulvida
  • Cortaderia quila - Chusquea quila
  • Cortaderia richardii - Austroderia richardii
  • Cortaderia splendens - Austroderia splendens
  • Cortaderia toetoe - Austroderia toetoe
  • Cortaderia turbaria - Austroderia turbaria

References

  1. [1]
    Stapf, Otto 1897. Gardeners' Chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ser. 3 22(570): 378, 396 in English
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. [4]
    Connor HE (1973). "Breeding Systems in Cortaderia (Gramineae)". Evolution. 27 (4): 663–678. doi:10.2307/2407199. JSTOR 2407199. PMID 28563530.
  5. [5]
    Connor HE (1983). "Names and Types in Cortaderia Stapf (Gramineae) II". Taxon. 32 (4): 633–634. doi:10.2307/1221742. JSTOR 1221742.
  6. [6]
    Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. Vol. II E-O. CRC Press. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-8493-1303-5.

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