Loudetiopsis

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Loudetiopsis
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Loudetiopsis chrysothrix
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Tristachyideae
Genus: Loudetiopsis
Conert
Type species
Loudetiopsis ambiens
(K.Schum.) Conert [1]
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Diandrostachya(C.E.Hubb.) Jacq.-Fél.
  • Tristachya sect. DiandrostachyaC.E. Hubb.

Loudetiopsis is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family. [1] [3] [4]

Species [2]
formerly included [2]

see Dilophotriche

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References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Loudetiopsis Conert
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. 1 2 Jacques-Félix, Henri. 1960. Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée 7: 408
  4. Conert, Hans Joachim. 1957. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 77(2–3): 277