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Imperata is a small but widespread genus of tropical and subtropical grasses, commonly known as satintails.
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.
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.
Species- 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
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
Usage examples of "imperata".
Illi imperata celeriter fecerunt, obsides ad numerum frumentumque miserunt.
Cum in omnes partes finium Ambiorigis aut legiones aut auxilia dimisisset atque omnia caedibus, incendius, rapinis vastasset, magno numero hominum interfecto aut capto Labienum cum duabus legionibus in Treveros mittit, quorum civitas propter Germaniae vicinitatem cotidianis exercitata bellis cultu et feritate non multum a Germanis differebat neque imperata umquam nisi exercitu coacta faciebat.
Opium was a particularly egregious offender, since instead of eventually reforesting like rice swiddens, old opium swiddens became covered in a coarse grass called imperata, which even animals refused to eat.
Nam Carnutes, qui saepe vexati numquam pacis fecerant mentionem, datis obsidibus veniunt in deditionem, ceteraeque civitates positae in ultimis Galliae finibus Oceano coniunctae, quae Armoricae appellantur, auctoritate adductae Carnutum adventu Fabi legio numque imperata sine mora faciunt.