Loudetiopsis

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: Loudetiopsis
Species: L. ambiens – L. baldwinii – L. capillipes – L. chevalieri – L. chevalierii – L. chrysothrix – L. falcipes – L. glabrata – L. kerstingii – L. scaettae – L. thoroldii – L. trigemina
Name

Loudetiopsis Conert, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 77: 277 (1957)
Type species: Loudetiopsis ambiens (K.Schum.) Conert, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 77: 281 (1957)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Diandrostachya (C.E.Hubb.) Jacq.-Fél., J. Agric. Trop. Bot. Appl. 7: 408 (1960).

References

Conert, H.J. (1957) Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 77(2–3): 277.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Loudetiopsis 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, Loudetiopsis. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2013. Loudetiopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Loudetiopsis. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Loudetiopsis is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family.[1][3][4]

Species[2]

Loudetiopsis ambiens - tropical Africa
Loudetiopsis baldwinii - Guinea
Loudetiopsis capillipes - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Loudetiopsis chevalieri - Chad, Central African Rep
Loudetiopsis chrysothrix - Brazil, Bolivia, western Africa
Loudetiopsis falcipes - Liberia
Loudetiopsis glabrata - tropical Africa
Loudetiopsis kerstingii - tropical Africa
Loudetiopsis scaettae - tropical Africa
Loudetiopsis thoroldii - tropical Africa
Loudetiopsis trigemina - Nigeria, Cameroon

formerly included[2]

see Dilophotriche

Loudetiopsis occidentalis - Dilophotriche occidentalis
Loudetiopsis pobeguinii - Dilophotriche pobeguinii
Loudetiopsis purpurea - Dilophotriche tristachyoides
Loudetiopsis tristachyoides - Dilophotriche tristachyoides

References

Tropicos, Loudetiopsis Conert
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Jacques-Félix, Henri. 1960. Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée 7: 408
Conert, Hans Joachim. 1957. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 77(2–3): 277