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Guaduella

Guaduella is a genus of African plants in the grass family, the only genus in the tribe Guaduelleae. It belongs to the subfamily Puelioideae, one of the early-diverging lineages in the grasses, but used to be included in the bamboos.SpeciesGuaduella densiflora Pilg. - Nigeria, Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea Guaduella dichroa Cope - Cabinda Guaduella humilis Clayton - Nigeria, Cameroon Guaduella macrostachys (K.Schum.) Pilg. - Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon Guaduella marantifolia Franch. - Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon Guaduella oblonga Hutch. ex Clayton - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, São Tomé, Bioko

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Guaduella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Puelioideae
Tribe: Guaduelleae
Soderstr. & R.P.Ellis
Genus: Guaduella
Franch.
Type species
Guaduella marantifolia
Synonyms1

Microbambus K.Schum

Guaduella is a genus of African plants in the grass family, the only genus in the tribe Guaduelleae.2 It belongs to the subfamily Puelioideae, one of the early-diverging lineages in the grasses, but used to be included in the bamboos.3

Species14
  1. Guaduella densiflora Pilg. - Nigeria, Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
  2. Guaduella dichroa Cope - Cabinda
  3. Guaduella humilis Clayton - Nigeria, Cameroon
  4. Guaduella macrostachys (K.Schum.) Pilg. - Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
  5. Guaduella marantifolia Franch. - Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon
  6. Guaduella oblonga Hutch. ex Clayton - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, São Tomé, Bioko
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Franchet, Adrien René. 1887. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 676-677. descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  3. Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Zuloaga, Fernando O.; Judziewicz, Emmet J.; Filgueiras, Tarciso S.; Davis, Jerrold I.; Morrone, Osvaldo (2015). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 53 (2): 117–137. Bibcode:2015JSyEv..53..117S. doi:10.1111/jse.12150. hdl:11336/25248. ISSN 1674-4918. S2CID 84052108. Open access icon
  4. The Plant List search for Guaduella
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