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Cortaderia

a genus of perennial grasses of the family Gramineae. There are approximately five species (according to other data, as many as 15), distributed in the tropical and temperate zones of South America and New Zealand. The best-known species is pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana, or Gynerium argenteum), which forms thick mats. Its stalks measure 2 to 3 m tall, and its long, linear leaves are recurved. The plant is dioecious. The inflorescence is a thick, silvery panicle, measuring 30–50 cm long. The plant blooms in autumn and is an ornamental. It is cultivated in Western Europe and North America; in the USSR it is grown primarily in Western Transcaucasia. In South America the leaves of the plant are used in the manufacture of paper.

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Con el presente documento se ha incrementado en cuatro el numero de registros de especies de la familia Poaceae para la region Huancavelica (Aciachne acicularis, Arundo donax, Cortaderia hieronymi y Ortachne erectifolia) y se presenta un tratamiento actualizado para los principales taxa de Poaceae.

Diversidad de las gramineas (Poaceae) de Lircay (Angaraes, Huancavelica, Peru)

Nativa Cortaderia jubata (Lemoine ex Carriere) Stapf Bas.: Gynerium jubatum Lemoine ex Carriere Ref.: L.

Checklist of the family Poaceae from Colombia/Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia

For those who regard these as all too coarse, Cortaderia fulvida, a species from New Zealand, flowering in summer, is a good choice, its graceful, nodding, one-sided plumes of flowers opening to a soft pink.

Glamour grasses; HOME TRUTHS

Dwarf pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila', still stands a lofty 1.5m (5ft) tall and looks just like its larger relative, only you can use it as a big ornamental feature in a perennial border.

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Es el caso de Eucalyptus globulus, Ligustrum ovalifolium, Vinca major, Tradescantia fluminensis, Phytolacca americana o Albrizia julibrisin, presentes en algunos de los inventarios estudiados, o de Canna indica, Cortaderia selloana, Prunus laurocerasus, Senecio mikanioides, Tritonia x crocosmiflora, etc., que han sido observadas en otros fragmentos visitados pero que no han sido inventariados debido a su elevado grado de alteracion.

Caracterizacion ecologica y floristica de las comunidades lauroides del occidente de la Cornisa Cantabrica (Noroeste iberico)

Cortaderia selloana `Sunningdale Silver' More commonly known as Pampass Grass, the silky, silvery-white or pink-flushed flower plumes are produced in late summer above large mounds of sharp-edged, mid-green leaves.

Home Front: Turning tropical; Gardening advice with This year's designs at the Chelsea Flower Show will help to transform your garden into a tropical treat

Or there's the relatively dwarf form of pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana Pumila.

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Por su parte, los generos mas ricos son Paspalum (89 especies), Panicum (42), Festuca (36), Eragrostis (29), Calamagrostis (25), Chusquea (25), Digitaria (24), Axonopus (21), Setaria (20), Cenchrus (18), Poa (17), Muhlenbergia (16), Andropogon (15), Aristida (15), Agrostis (14), Lasiacis (12), Urochloa (12), Pariana (11), Sporobolus (11), Arthrostylidium (10), Cortaderia (10), Nassella (10), Neurolepis (10) y Schizachyrium (10) (Tabla 2b).

Checklist of the family Poaceae from Colombia/Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia