Ratzeburgia

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Ratzeburgia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Rottboelliinae
Genus: Ratzeburgia
Kunth
Species:
R. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Ratzeburgia pulcherrima
Kunth
Synonyms [1]
  • AikiniaWall.
  • Ophiuros auriculatusTrin.
  • Mnesithea pulcherrima(Kunth) de Koning & Sosef
  • Aikinia elegansWall. [2]
  • Rottboellia pulcherrimaWall. ex Kunth
  • Rottboellia elegans(Wall.) Roberty

Ratzeburgia is a genus of plants in the grass family. [3] [4]

Contents

Species

The only known species is Ratzeburgia pulcherrima, found only in Myanmar. [1] [5]

Formerly included

see Elionurus [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 46, t. 273 1832
  3. Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1831. Révision des Graminées, Distribution méthodique de la famille des Graminées 2: 487-488 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  4. Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1831. Révision des Graminées, Distribution méthodique de la famille des Graminées plate 158 line drawings of Ratzeburgia pulcherrima
  5. Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford