Imperata
| satintails | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Imperata cylindrica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Genus: | Imperata Cirillo |
| Type species | |
| Imperata arundinacea Cirillo | |
Imperata is a small but widespread genus of tropical and subtropical grasses, commonly known as satintails.[1][2]
Satintail grass species are perennial rhizomatous herbs with solid, erect stems and silky inflorescences. The best known species is Imperata cylindrica, which is recognized as a devastating noxious weed in many places and cultivated as an ornamental plant in others.[3][4][5][6]
The genus is named after Ferrante Imperato, a Renaissance apothecary who lived in Naples in the late 16th and early 17th Centuries. His collection included a herbarium.[7][8][9]
- Species[10]
- Imperata brasiliensis - South + Central America, West Indies, southern Mexico
- Imperata brevifolia - southwestern USA (CA AZ NV UT NM TX)
- Imperata cheesemanii - Kermadec Islands (part of New Zealand)
- Imperata condensata - Argentina, Chile
- Imperata conferta - plumegrass, kunay grass - Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Micronesia
- Imperata contracta - guayanilla - South + Central America, West Indies, southern Mexico
- Imperata cylindrica - bladygrass, cogongrass, speargrass, silver-spike - Africa, southern Europe, southwestern Asia; introduced in Central + Eastern Asia, North America, various islands
- Imperata flavida - Hainan Province in China
- Imperata minutiflora - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
- Imperata parodii - southern Chile
- Imperata tenuis - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Corrientes Province of Argentina
- formerly included[10]
see Cinna Lagurus Miscanthus Saccharum
- Imperata eulalioides - Miscanthus sacchariflorus
- Imperata exaltata - Saccharum arundinaceum
- Imperata klaga - Saccharum spontaneum
- Imperata ovata - Lagurus ovatus
- Imperata saccharifera - Cinna arundinacea
- Imperata sacchariflora - Miscanthus sacchariflorus
- Imperata sara - Saccharum bengalense
- Imperata spontanea - Saccharum spontaneum
- Imperata tinctoria - Miscanthus tinctorius
References
- ↑ Cirillo, Domenico Maria Leone 1792. Plantarum Rariorum Regni Neapolitani 2: 26
- ↑ Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 583 白茅属 bai mao shu Imperata Cirillo, Pl. Rar. Neapol. 2: 26. 1792.
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ↑ United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- ↑ Grass Manual Genus Profile
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. CRC Press. p. 1105. ISBN 978-1-4200-0322-2.
- ↑ Flora of Pakistan
- ↑ Atlas of Living Australia
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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