Rugoloa

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Rugoloa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Otachyriinae
Genus: Rugoloa
Zuloaga

Rugoloa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae. [1]

Its native range stretches from Mexico, down to southern tropical America, and is found in north-eastern Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and Windward Islands. [1]

The genus was circumscribed by Fernando Omar Zuloaga in Pl. Syst. Evol. vol.300 (10) on page 2164 in 2014. [1]

The genus name of Rugoloa is in honour of Sulma (Zulma) E. Rúgolo de Agrasar (b.1940), who was an Argentinian botanist (specialist in grasses) and Curator and Professor at the National University of La Pampa. [2]

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online; [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rugoloa Zuloaga | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.