Poaceae
Cortaderia

Cortaderia nitida (Kunth) Pilg.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 374 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica to Peru. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2015 Kunth? [s.n.] K000308162 Type Yes
Jan 14, 2009 Laegaard, S. [54544], Ecuador K000709749 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Laegaard, S. [53532] Ecuador K000709788 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Jaramillo, J.; Zek; Yepez, J. [6028] Ecuador K000709767 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Gomez, L.D.; Chacon, I.; Herrera, G.; Davidse, G. [22454] Panama K000709633 No
Jan 1, 2008 Laegaard, S.; Kullberg, E. [71042] Ecuador K000709787 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Renvoize, S.A.; Laegaard, S.; Sanchez Vega, I. [4832] Peru K000709785 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Oxford Univ. Expedition [131] Ecuador K000709769 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C.R. [9009] Ecuador K000709768 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Laegaard, S. [18886] Ecuador K000709745 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Laegaard, S. [19597A] Ecuador K000709773 Yes
Mar 12, 1996 Laegaard, S.; Kullberg, E. [71080], Ecuador K000709754 Yes
Mar 12, 1996 Balslev, H. [1450], Ecuador K000709755 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Laegaard, S. [101184] Ecuador K000709762 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Laegaard, S. [101317] Ecuador K000709763 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Soderstrom, T.R. [1350] Colombia K000709777 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Soderstrom, T.R. [1350] Colombia K000709776 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Soderstrom, T.R. [1334] Colombia K000709778 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Soderstrom, T.R. [1334] Colombia K000709779 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Wood, J.R.I. [3677] Colombia K000709782 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Wood, J.R.I. [3911] Colombia K000709783 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Balslev, H. [1450] Ecuador K000709755 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 s.coll. [5432] Colombia K000709781 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Pohl, R.W.; Davidse, G. [10850] Costa Rica K000709632 No
Mar 17, 1989 Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70509], Ecuador K000709758 Yes
Nov 1, 1988 Spruce [6457] Ecuador K000709771 Yes
Nov 1, 1988 Cazalet, P.C.D.; Pennington, T.D. [5344] Ecuador K000709770 Yes
Nov 1, 1988 Andre, E. [1044] Ecuador K000709757 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Holm-Neilsen, L.B.; Brandbyge, J.; Barfod, A. [41947] Ecuador K000709756 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Laegaard, S.; Kullberg, E. [71080] Ecuador K000709754 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Laegaard, S. [54527] Ecuador K000709760 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70509] Ecuador K000709750 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Laegaard, S. [52303] Ecuador K000709752 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Laegaard, S. [51346] Ecuador K000709759 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Laegaard, S. [53820] Ecuador K000709751 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Laegaard, S. [53975] Ecuador K000709753 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Laegaard, S. [53596] Ecuador K000709746 Yes
Feb 19, 1985 s.coll. [s.n.], Peru K000709786 Yes
Feb 26, 1971 Laegaard, S. [53975], Ecuador K000709753 Yes
Dec 14, 1966 Jaramillo, J.; Zek; Yepez, J. [6028], Ecuador K000709767 Yes
Jan 22, 1947 Andre, E. [1044], Ecuador K000709757 Yes
Oct 1, 1861 Holm-Neilsen, L.B.; Brandbyge, J.; Barfod, A. [41947], Ecuador K000709756 Yes
Oct 1, 1861 Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C.R. [9009], Ecuador K000709768 Yes
Nov 1, 1847 Cazalet, P.C.D.; Pennington, T.D. [5344], Ecuador K000709770 Yes
Nov 1, 1846 Oxford Univ. Expedition [131], Ecuador K000709769 Yes
Jan 1, 1841 Laegaard, S. [52303], Ecuador K000709752 Yes
Laegaard, S. [71787] Ecuador K000709747 Yes
Laegaard, S. [71787] Ecuador K000709748 Yes
Renvoize, S. [5457] Colombia K000709780 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [705] Ecuador K000709764 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [705] Ecuador K000709765 Yes
s.coll. [1019] Colombia K000709774 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Peru K000709786 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4414] Colombia K000709784 Yes
Andre, E. [1006] Colombia K000709775 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [912] Ecuador K000709766 Yes
Laegaard, S. [54544] Ecuador K000709749 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70487] Ecuador K000709761 Yes
Lamison [s.n.] Ecuador K000709772 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70509] Ecuador K000709758 Yes
Laegaard, S. [18886], Ecuador K000709745 Yes
Laegaard, S. [53596], Ecuador K000709746 Yes
Laegaard, S. [71787], Ecuador K000709747 Yes
Laegaard, S. [71787], Ecuador K000709748 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70509], Ecuador K000709750 Yes
Laegaard, S. [53820], Ecuador K000709751 Yes
Laegaard, S. [51346], Ecuador K000709759 Yes
Laegaard, S. [54527], Ecuador K000709760 Yes
Laegaard, S.; Renvoize, S. [70487], Ecuador K000709761 Yes
Laegaard, S. [101184], Ecuador K000709762 Yes
Laegaard, S. [101317], Ecuador K000709763 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [705], Ecuador K000709764 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [705], Ecuador K000709765 Yes
Ramsay, P.M.; Merrow-Smith, P.J. [912], Ecuador K000709766 Yes
Spruce [6457], Ecuador K000709771 Yes
Lamison [s.n.], Ecuador K000709772 Yes
Laegaard, S. [19597A], Ecuador K000709773 Yes
s.coll. [1019], Colombia K000709774 Yes
Andre, E. [1006], Colombia K000709775 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R. [1350], Colombia K000709776 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R. [1350], Colombia K000709777 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R. [1334], Colombia K000709778 Yes
Soderstrom, T.R. [1334], Colombia K000709779 Yes
Renvoize, S. [5457], Colombia K000709780 Yes
s.coll. [5432], Colombia K000709781 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3677], Colombia K000709782 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [4414], Colombia K000709784 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Laegaard, S.; Sanchez Vega, I. [4832], Peru K000709785 Yes
Ecuador K001472248 Yes
Ecuador K001472249 Yes
Colombia K001472250 Yes
Colombia K001472251 Yes
Peru K001472252 Yes
Colombia K00070978 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0