Loxodera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Rhytachninae
Genus: Loxodera
Species: L. bovonei – L. caespitosa – L. ledermannii – L. rhytachnoides – L. strigosa
Name

Loxodera Launert, Bol. Soc. Brot., II, 37: 80 (1963)
Type species: Loxodera bovonei (Chiov.) Launert, Senckenberg. Biol. 46: 122 (1965)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lepargochloa Launert, Bol. Soc. Brot., II, 37: 82 (1963)

References

Launert, G.O.E. (1963) Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, sér. 2 37: 80.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Loxodera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Loxodera. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
Tropicos.org 2013. Loxodera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Loxodera. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.

Loxodera is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[1][3]

Species[2]

Loxodera bovonei (Chiov.) Launert - Zaïre, Zambia
Loxodera caespitosa (C.E.Hubb.) B.K.Simon - Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Loxodera ledermannii (Pilg.) Launert - Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda
Loxodera rhytachnoides (Launert) Clayton - Angola
Loxodera strigosa (Gledhill) Clayton - Sierra Leone

References

Tropicos, Loxodera Launert
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Launert, Georg Oskar Edmund. 1963. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, sér. 2 37: 80-82