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Renvoizea

Renvoizea is a genus of plants in the grass family.

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Clade: Graminid clade
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Renvoizea
Zuloaga & Morrone

Renvoizea is a genus of plants in the grass family.1

It is native range is north-eastern and south-eastern Brazil.1

The genus name Renvoizea is in honour of Stephen Andrew Renvoize (b. 1944), an English botanist who worked at Kew Gardens and was a specialist in grasses.2 It was first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.33 on page 294 in 2008.1

Known species

According to Kew;1

  • Renvoizea acicularifolia (Renvoize & Zuloaga) Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Renvoizea durifolia (Renvoize & Zuloaga) Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Renvoizea glaziovii (Hack.) Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Renvoizea lagostachya (Renvoize & Zuloaga) Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Renvoizea marauensis (Renvoize & Zuloaga) Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Renvoizea restingae (Renvoize & Zuloaga) Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Renvoizea sacciolepoides (Renvoize & Zuloaga) Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Renvoizea teretifolia (Hack.) Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Renvoizea trinii (Kunth) Zuloaga & Morrone
  • Renvoizea vaginiviscosa (Renvoize & Zuloaga) Zuloaga & Morrone
References

References

  1. "Renvoizea". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.