Species Cortaderia selloana
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Cortaderia:
Spanish corta = to cut; an Argentinian name for ‘pampas grass’; referring to the sharp-edged leaves.
Etymology of selloana:
From the Latin? ‘selloana/sellariolus’ / ‘sello/seat-like’ meaning ‘commemorating a botanist of this name?’
Scientific name:
Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult. f.) Asch. & Graebn.
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 325 (1900)
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Year published:
1900
Robust perennial to 3 m, in large tussocks. Leaves linear, keeled, serrulate. Spikelets in dense feathery panicles to 60 cm long, awned. Feb.--Apr. Sandy slopes and flats, SW, SE (Argentinian weed).
Observations of Taxon
Cortaderia selloana
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Cortaderia selloana
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Cortaderia selloana
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Cortaderia selloana
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Cortaderia selloana
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown