Synoptic taxonomy of Cortaderia Stapf (Danthonioideae, Poaceae)
Author
Testoni, Daniel
Herbario BBB, Departamento de Biologia, Bioquimica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, CP- 8000 Bahia Blanca, Argentina
daniel.testoni@uns.edu.ar
Author
Linder, H. Peter
Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.76.10808
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Cortaderia selloana subsp. jubata (Lemoine) Testoni & Villamil, Darwiniana, nueva serie 2(2): 272. 2014.
Gynerium jubatum
Lemoine, Rev. Hort. 50: 449. 1878;
Cortaderia jubata
(Lemoine) Stapf, Bot. Mag. 124: t. 7607. 1898. Type: Ecuador, "sent by Lemoine of Nancy and collected at Chimborazo by the botanical collector Roezl", sine data, B. Roezl s.n. (lectotype designated by Connor & Edgar, Taxon 23: 598 (1974): K 000307978!).
Etymology.
jubata
(Lat.): Having mane, crest, in allusion to the panicle.
Common names.
pink pampas grass,
jubata
grass, cortadera
Taxonomy.
This subspecies is generally similar to
ssp. selloana
, and includes all the morphologically homogenous apomictic populations of the Yungas region. It can be separated from
ssp. selloana
by the inflorescences which extend far beyond the foliage, and the pink, 75-90 cm long, very lax, pyramidal and nodding panicles. In Ecuador it is sympatric with
Cortaderia nitida
, from which it can be separated by its larger size and its spectacular pink panicles. They can also easily be distinguished by the leaves: in
subsp. jubata
they are flat and folded V-shaped, while in
Cortaderia nitida
leaves are inrolled from both margins.