Patosia

Patosia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Patosia
Buchenau
Species:
P. clandestina
Binomial name
Patosia clandestina
(Phil.) Buchenau
Synonyms[1]
  • Rostkovia clandestina Phil.
  • Distichia clandestina (Buchenau) Buchenau
  • Oxychloe clandestina (Buchenau) Hauman
  • Rostkovia brevifolia Phil.
  • Oxychloe brevifolia (Phil.) Buchenau
  • Distichia brevifolia (Phil.) Phil. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Patosia tucumanensis Castillón
  • Patosia clandestina var. tucumanensis (Castillón) Barros
Upclose colour photograph of Patosia clandestina
Patosia clandestina

Patosia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It was described as a genus in 1890.[2][3]

The genus contains only one known species, Patosia clandestina, native to southern South America (Chile, Argentina and Bolivia).[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Buchenau, Franz Georg Philipp. 1890. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 63-65 description in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ^ Tropicos, Patosia Buchenau
  4. ^ Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.