Jarava ichu
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Species of plant
| Jarava ichu | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Jarava |
| Species: | J. ichu
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| Binomial name | |
| Jarava ichu | |
| Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Jarava ichu, commonly known as Peruvian feathergrass,[3] ichhu, paja brava, paja ichu, or simply ichu (Quechua for straw),[4] is a grass species in the family Poaceae native to the Americas. It is found growing in a vast area: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Dominican Republic, Chile, and Argentina.[2] It is a common grass of the Andean altiplano. It is used as fodder for livestock.
Under the synonym Stipa ichu, it has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Jarava ichu Ruiz & Pav". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
- ^ a b "Jarava ichu". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 2011年06月27日.
- ^ NRCS. "Stipa ichus". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Perou.org". www.perou.org. Retrieved 2019年08月05日.
- ^ "Stipa ichu". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stipa ichu .
- Data related to Jarava ichu at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Pooideae
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Bunchgrasses of South America
- Fodder
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of southern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of the Andes
- Flora of Argentina
- Flora of Bolivia
- Flora of Chile
- Flora of Peru
- Plants described in 1798
- Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez
- Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López
- Pooideae stubs