Reitzia

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Reitzia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Olyreae
Subtribe: Olyrinae
Genus: Reitzia
Swallen
Species:
R. smithii
Binomial name
Reitzia smithii
Swallen

Reitzia is a genus of plants in the grass family. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The only known species is Reitzia smithii, native to southeastern Brazil (Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro). [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. Swallen, Jason Richard. 1956. Sellowia 7: 7-8
  2. Judziewicz, E. J. 2000. Reitzia. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): I. Subfamilies Anomochlooideae, Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pharoideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 39: 109
  3. Carvalho, M. L. & R. P. Oliveira. 2014. (2260) Proposal to conserve the name Piresia against Reitzia (Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Taxon 63(1): 190–191
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. Filgueiras, T. S. & A. P. Santos-Gonçalves. 2004. A checklist of the basal grasses and bamboos in Brazil (Poaceae). Journal of the American Bamboo Society 18(1): 7–18.
  7. Silva, C., M. Conde & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2012. Olyreae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 63(5): 357–372