Renvoizea

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Renvoizea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Clade: Graminid clade
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Renvoizea
Zuloaga & Morrone

Renvoizea is a genus of plants in the grass family. [1]

It is native range is north-eastern and south-eastern Brazil. [1]

The genus name Renvoizea is in honour of Stephen Andrew Renvoize (b. 1944), an English botanist who worked at Kew Gardens and was a specialist in grasses. [2] It was first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.33 on page 294 in 2008. [1]

Known species

According to Kew; [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Renvoizea". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 26 November 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 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.