Chevalierella

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Chevalierella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Zeugiteae
Genus: Chevalierella
A.Camus
Species:
C. dewildemanii
Binomial name
Chevalierella dewildemanii
(Vanderyst) Van der Veken ex Compère
Synonyms [1]
  • Ichnanthus dewildemaniiVanderyst
  • Chevalierella congoensis A.Camus (type species)

Chevalierella is a genus of African plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4] The only known species is Chevalierella dewildemanii, native to Republic of Congo and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Camus, Aimée Antoinette. 1933. Revue de Botanique Appliquée et d'Agriculture Tropicale 13: 421
  3. Tropicos, Chevalierella A. Camus
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. The Plant List search for Chevalierella
  6. Vanderyst, Hyacinthe Julien Robert 1919. Bulletin agricole du Congo Belge 10: 249
  7. Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville