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Relchela

Relchela is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Relchela panicoides, native to Chile and Argentina.

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Relchela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Echinopogoninae
Genus: Relchela
Steud.
Species:
R. panicoides
Binomial name
Relchela panicoides
Synonyms1
  • Lechlera Steud. 1855, superfluous and rejected name not Griseb. 1857 (Iridaceae) a
  • Panicum oligostachyum Steud.
  • Agrostis asperula Phil.
  • Agrostis corralensis Phil.
  • Agrostis limonias Phil.

Relchela is a genus of plants in the grass family.234 The only known species is Relchela panicoides, native to Chile and Argentina (Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Neuquén).156

The name Relchela is a taxonomic anagram derived from Lechlera. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the German botanist Willibald Lechler (1814 - 1856).7

Notes

Notes

  1. This name is also attributed to a member of Iridaceae, and is synonym of Solenomelus.
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1855. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 101
  3. Tropicos, Relchela Steud.
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. Nicora, E. G., M. E. D. Paula, A. M. Faggi, M. d. Mariano, A. M. M. A., L. R. Parodi, C. A. Petetin, F. A. Roig & Z. R. Agrasar. 1978. Gramineae. 8(3): 1–583. In M.N. Correa (ed.) Flora Patagónica. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
  6. Soreng, R. J. 2003. Relchela. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 48: 602
  7. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. L21. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.