| True grasses | | Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...Scientific classification | | Kingdom: | Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non_vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta _ liverworts Anthocerophyta _ hornworts Bryophyta _ mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta _ clubmosses Equisetophyta _ horsetails Pteridophyta _ true ferns Psilotophyta _ whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta _ adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta _ seed ferns Pinophyta _ conifers Cycadophyta _ cycads Ginkgophyta _ ginkgo Gnetophyta _ gnetae Magnoliophyta _ flowering...Plantae | | Division: | Classes Magnoliopsida _ Dicots Liliopsida _ Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ...Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ...Liliopsida | | Order: | Families (APG) Anarthriaceae Bromeliaceae Centrolepidaceae Cyperaceae Ecdeiocoleaceae Eriocaulaceae Flagellariaceae Hydatellaceae Joinvilleaceae Juncaceae Mayacaceae Poaceae Rapateaceae Restionaceae Sparganiaceae Thurniaceae Typhaceae Xyridaceae The Poales is a cosmopolitan order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. ...Poales | | Family: | Genera See: List of Poaceae genera The true grasses are monocot (class Liliopsida) plants of the family Poaceae (formerly Graminae). ...Poaceae | | Genus: | Cortaderia | | | species | | See text | Cortaderia is a See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ...genus of In popular language grass means a short, green, ground covering or lawn, usually, but not necessarily comprised of a true grass or grasses, called turf. ...grasses of the family Poaceae.
Species
The common name pampas grass is frequently applied to any in the genus Cortaderia, and (incorrectly) to Erianthus / Saccharum ravennae. In horticultural use, it most often refers to Cortaderia selloana. Many people also call all species of Cortaderia growing wild "pampas grass," which may be the increasingly weedy C. selloana, or other species. Most often, this will be C. jubata, a common and serious weed of coastal California, Hawaii, and some other areas. Avoid planting any species of Cortaderia other than C. selloana as they are known, or pose a risk of becoming serious, naturalized Purple flowers of the highly invasive Pattersons Curse infest the Warrumbungle National Park in New South Wales, Australia. ...invasive species. - Cortaderia selloana _ Binomial name Cortaderia selloana J.A. & J.H. Schultes Cortaderia selloana, commonly known as Pampas Grass or Uruguayan pampas grass, is a tall grass native to the pampas of South America. ...Pampas grass
- Cortaderia jubata _ a large South American grass that produces copious seed asexually. Introduced for horticulture, it has become a significant problem on the U.S. West Coast, Hawaii and elsewhere. Looks very similar to Cortaderia selloana, which is sometimes also a problem plant, and an attractive garden species (qv).
- Cortaderia quila _ in horticultural use, a synonym for Cortaderia jubata.
- Cortaderia rudiuscula _ A relative of C. jubata, also reproducing asexually. May become a serious pest as C. jubata has done, if planted, as one plant can produce much fertile seed, and it may be more cold_tolerant.
- Cortaderia richardii _ One of about 4 Cortaderia species native to New Zealand, sometimes used in horticulture. Often called toe_toe.
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