Loudetia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Tristachyideae
Genus: Loudetia
Species: L. angolensis – L. annua – L. arundinacea – L. cerata – L. coarctata – L. cuanzensis – L. demensei – L. demensii – L. demeusei – L. demeusii – L. densispica – L. echinulata – L. esculenta – L. filifolia – L. flammida – L. flavida – L. furtiva – L. hordeiformis – L. jaegeriana – L. kagerensis – L. lanata – L. migiurtina – L. phragmitoides – L. pratii – L. simplex – L. tisserantii – L. togoensis – L. vanderystii
Name

Loudetia Hochst. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 238 (1854), nom. cons., non Hochstetter ex A. Br. 1841
Type species: Loudetia simplex (Nees) C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 431 (1934)

References

Hochstetter, C.F.F. (1854) Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 238.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Loudetia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Loudetia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2013. Loudetia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Loudetia. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Loudetia is a genus of African, Arabian, and South American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species[6][7]

Loudetia angolensis - Angola
Loudetia annua - tropical Africa
Loudetia arundinacea - tropical Africa
Loudetia cerata - Chad, Central African Rep
Loudetia coarctata - tropical Africa
Loudetia cuanzensis - Angola
Loudetia demeusei - Congo Republic, Zaïre
Loudetia densispica - central + southern Africa
Loudetia echinulata - Central African Rep
Loudetia esculenta - Sudan
Loudetia filifolia - Madagascar, Swaziland, Mpumalanga
Loudetia flammida - tropical Africa, South America
Loudetia flavida - Oman, tropical + southern Africa
Loudetia furtiva - Cameroon
Loudetia hordeiformis - tropical Africa
Loudetia jaegeriana - Sierra Leone
Loudetia kagerensis - tropical Africa
Loudetia lanata - southern Africa
Loudetia migiurtina - Somalia
Loudetia phragmitoides - tropical Africa
Loudetia pratii - Central African Rep
Loudetia simplex - Madagascar, tropical + southern Africa
Loudetia tisserantii - Central African Rep
Loudetia togoensis - tropical Africa
Loudetia vanderystii - Zaire, Congo Republic, Gabon

formerly included[6]

several species now considered better suited to other genera: Danthoniopsis Loudetiopsis Trichopteryx Tristachya
References

Tropicos, Loudetia Hochst. ex Steud.
Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 238 in Latin
Phipps, J. B. 1966. Studies in the Arundinelleae, III. Check-list and key to the genera. Kirkia 5: 235–258.
Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420.
Clayton, W. D. 1967. Studies in the Gramineae: XV. Arundinelleae. Kew Bull. 21(1): 119–124
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The Plant List search for Loudetia