Raddia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family, most of the species found only in Brazil.[2][3]
Raddia | |
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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: | Raddia Bertol. 1819 not DC. 1824 nor Mazziari 1834 |
Type species | |
Raddia brasiliensis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Strephium Schrad. ex Nees |
The genus was named for Italian botanist and herpetologist Giuseppe Raddi, 1770–1829.[4][5]
see Arberella Crypsis Cryptochloa Piresia Raddiella