Agnesia
| Agnesia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Genus: | Agnesia Zuloaga & Judz. |
| Binomial name | |
| Agnesia lancifolia (Mez) Zuloaga & Judz. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Olyra lancifolia Mez | |
Agnesia is a genus of herbaceous South American bamboo in the grass family.[2][3]
The only known species is Agnesia lancifolia, native to lowland tropical rainforests of Brazil, Colombia and Peru.[4][5]
Agnesia lancifolia is perennial herb with 7-10 stems per clump, each up to 50 cm tall. Lower leaves lacking blades or with blades less than 5 mm long; upper leaves with blades up to 16 cm long. Each stem has 1-6 racemes at the tips of the culm or from the axils of the upper leaves, pistillate (female) and staminate (male) flowers in different spikelets on the same plant.[5][6]
See also
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ The Plant List
- 1 2 Zuloaga, F. O. & E. J. Judziewicz. 1993. Agnesia, a new genus of Amazonian herbaceous bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae). Novon 3(3): 306–309.
- ↑ Mez, Carl Christian 1917. Novae species panicearum. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 7(63): 45-78.
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