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Reitzia

Reitzia is a genus of plants in the grass family.

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Length
184 w
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Source
Reitzia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Olyreae
Subtribe: Olyrinae
Genus: Reitzia
Swallen
Species:
R. smithii
Binomial name
Reitzia smithii
Swallen

Reitzia is a genus of plants in the grass family.1234

The only known species is Reitzia smithii, native to southeastern Brazil (Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro).567

References

References

  1. Swallen, Jason Richard. 1956. Sellowia 7: 7-8
  2. Judziewicz, E. J. 2000. Reitzia. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 39: 109
  3. Carvalho, M. L. & R. P. Oliveira. 2014. (2260) Proposal to conserve the name Piresia against Reitzia (Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Taxon 63(1): 190–191
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. Filgueiras, T. S. & A. P. Santos-Gonçalves. 2004. A checklist of the basal grasses and bamboos in Brazil (Poaceae). Journal of the American Bamboo Society 18(1): 7–18.
  7. Silva, C., M. Conde & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2012. Olyreae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 63(5): 357–372