Rehia
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Rehia nervata
(Swallen) Fijten
Synonyms[1]
  • Bulbulus Swallen, name not validly published
  • Bulbulus nervatus Swallen, name not validly published because it coincides with a technical term

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

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families do
  2. ↑ Swallen, Jason Richard. 1964. Phytologia 11(3): 154
  3. ↑ Fijten, F. 1975. Blumea 22(3): 416
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Rehia Fijten
  5. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. ↑ 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.


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