Raddia

Raddia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Raddia
Bertol. 1819 not DC. 1824 nor Mazziari 1834
Type species
Raddia brasiliensis
Bertol.
Synonyms[1]

Strephium Schrad. ex Nees

Raddia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family, most of the species found only in Brazil.[2][3]

The genus was named for Italian botanist and herpetologist Giuseppe Raddi, 1770-1829.[4][5]

Species[1][6][7][8][9][10]
  1. Raddia angustifolia Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Bahia
  2. Raddia brasiliensis Bertol. - Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Paraíba
  3. Raddia distichophylla (Steud. ex Nees) Chase - Bahia
  4. Raddia guianensis (Brongn.) C.L.Hitchc. - Trinidad & Tobago, Pará, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Carabobo, Yaracuy)
  5. Raddia lancifolia R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Espírito Santo
  6. Raddia megaphylla R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Espírito Santo, Bahia
  7. Raddia portoi Kuhlm. - Bahia
  8. Raddia soderstromii R.P.Oliveira, L.G.Clark & Judz. - Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe
  9. Raddia stolonifera R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Bahia
formerly included[1]

see Arberella Crypsis Cryptochloa Piresia Raddiella

  • Raddia aculeata - Crypsis aculeata
  • Raddia biformis - Piresia sympodica
  • Raddia capillata - Cryptochloa capillata
  • Raddia concinna - Cryptochloa concinna
  • Raddia costaricensis - Arberella costaricensis
  • Raddia malmeana - Raddiella malmeana
  • Raddia nana - Raddiella esenbeckii
  • Raddia strictiflora - Cryptochloa strictiflora
  • Raddia sympodica - Piresia sympodica

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Bertoloni, Antonio. 1819. Opuscoli scientifici d'una Società di professori della Pontifical Università di Bologna 3: 410
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Poaceae/Raddia_brasiliensis.html
  5. Longhi-Wagner. 2007. Synopsis Poacearum in Josephii Raddii Agrostografia brasiliense editarum. Kew Bulletin 62(3): 381–405
  6. The Plant List search for Raddia
  7. Silva, C., M. Conde & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2012. Olyreae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 63(5): 357–372
  8. Renvoize, S. A. 1984. Grasses of Bahia 1–301. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  9. Hitchcock, A. S. 1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies 1–439. United States Government Printing Office, Washington
  10. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
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