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Bunchgrasses of South America

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Cortaderia selloana
species of plant
Deschampsia cespitosa
species of plant
Avenella flexuosa
species of plant, wavy hair-grass
Cortaderia
Cortaderia is a genus of plants in the Poaceae or grass family of plants.
Phleum alpinum
species of plant
Bouteloua
Bouteloua is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.
Nassella
Nassella, or needlegrass, is a New World genus of over 100 perennial bunchgrasses found from North America through South America. The Latin word nassa refers to "a basket with a narrow neck". It is usually considered segregate from the genus Stipa and includes many New World species formerly classified in that genus. As of 2011, The Jepson Manual includes Nassella within Stipa.
Piptochaetium
Piptochaetium, or speargrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America. Piptochaetium is a bunchgrass genus in the tribe Stipeae.
Tripsacum
Tripsacum (adjective: tripsacoid} is a genus of plants in the grass family and native to the Western Hemisphere. Gamagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Stipa ichu
species of plant
Enneapogon desvauxii
species of plant
Arthropogon
Arthropogon is a genus of South American and Caribbean bunchgrass plants in the grass family.
Munroa
Munroa is a genus of New World plants in the grass family, native to North and South America.
Panicum hirticaule
species of plant
Festuca dolichophylla
species of plant
Digitaria insularis
species of plant
Cortaderia jubata
species of plant
Andropogon glomeratus
species of plant
Bothriochloa barbinodis
species of plant
Nassella trichotoma
species of plant
Bouteloua megapotamica
species of plant
Agrostis perennans
species of plant
Eragrostis pectinacea
species of plant
Deschampsia danthonioides
species of plant
Digitaria californica
species of plant
Danthonia holm-nielsenii
species of plant
Tripsacum australe
species of plant
Canastra
Canastra is a genus of bunchgrass plants in the grass family. Its species are endemic to Brazil.
Calamagrostis hirta
species of plant
Nassella ibarrensis
species of plant