Raddia

Raddia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Olyreae
Subtribe: Olyrinae
Genus: Raddia
Bertol. 1819 not DC. 1824 nor Mazziari 1834
Type species
Raddia brasiliensis
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

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ "Raddia brasiliensis". www.desert-tropicals.com. Archived from the original on 2001-01-12.
  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