Reedia (plant)

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Reedia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Reedia
F.Muell.

Reedia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Reedia spathaceaF.Muell, endemic to south-western Australia. [1]

The genus name of Reedia is in honour of Joseph Reed (c. 1823 – 1890), a Cornishman by birth, was a prolific and influential Victorian era architect in Melbourne, Australia. [2] The Latin specific epithet of spathacea is derived from spathaceus meaning spathed, derived from spatha, meaning blade. [3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Fragm. Vol.1 on page3 239-240 in 1859. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Reedia F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199102051.