Rehia
Appearance
Rehia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
Tribe: | Olyreae |
Subtribe: | Olyrinae |
Genus: | Rehia Fijten |
Species: | R. nervata
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Binomial name | |
Rehia nervata (Swallen) Fijten
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Rehia is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5] The only known species is Rehia nervata, native to Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Maranhão) and to the Guianas (Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana).[6]
The genus name of Rehia is in honour of Richard Eric Holttum (1895–1990), who was an English botanist and author.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families do
- ^ Swallen, Jason Richard. 1964. Phytologia 11(3): 154
- ^ Fijten, F. 1975. Blumea 22(3): 416
- ^ Tropicos, Rehia Fijten
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.