Cortaderia

Cortaderia selloana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Danthonioideae
Tribus: Danthonieae
Genus: Cortaderia
Species: C. araucana – C. archboldii – C. atacamensis – C. bifida – C. boliviensis – C. columbiana – C. hapalotricha – C. hieronymi – C. jubata – C. modesta – C. nitida – C. peruviana – C. pilosa – C. planifolia – C. pungens – C. roraimensis – C. rudiuscula – C. selloana – C. sericantha – C. speciosa – C. vaginata

Name

Cortaderia Stapf, Gard. Chron., III, 22: 396 (1897) nom. cons.

• Type species: Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 325 (1900)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Moorea Lem., Ill. Hort. 2(Misc.): 15 (1855), nom. inval.
  • Lamprothyrsus Pilg., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37(85): 58 (1906).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Guyana, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela Introduced into: Alabama, Angola, Azores, Brazil Northeast, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Great Britain, Hawaii, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Jawa, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, New Jersey, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Oregon, Philippines, Portugal, Queensland, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Utah, Victoria, Virginia, Western Australia, Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O. (1897) The Gardeners' Chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ser. 3 22(570): 378, 396.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Cortaderia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Cortaderia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Cortaderia. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Cortaderia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cortaderia Stapf in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2013-11-15.
• Cortaderia Stapf – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Cortaderia – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• EOL: Cortaderia

Vernacular names

English: Pampas Grass
suomi: Pampaheinät
magyar: Pampafű
日本語: シロガネヨシ属

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