Puelia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Puelioideae
Tribus: Puelieae
Genus: Puelia
Species: P. ciliata – P. coriacea – P. dewevrei – P. olyriformis – P. schumanniana
Name

Puelia Franch., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 674 (1887)
Type species: Puelia ciliata Franch., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 674 (1887)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Atractocarpa Franch., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 675 (1887).

References

Franchet, A.R. (1887) Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 674.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Puelia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Puelia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
Tropicos.org 2013. Puelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Puelia. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Puelia. .

Puelia is a genus of African grasses, the only genus in the tribe Atractocarpeae (syn. Puelieae).[2][3] It belongs to the subfamily Puelioideae, one of the early-diverging lineages in the grasses, but used to be considered a bamboo genus.[4]

Species[1]

Puelia ciliata Franch. - Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, São Tomé, Bioko
Puelia coriacea Clayton - Zaïre
Puelia dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand - Zaïre, Republic of Congo, Gabon
Puelia olyriformis (Franch.) Clayton - Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Tanzania
Puelia schumanniana Pilg. - Cameroon

formerly included

see Guaduella

Puelia guluensis - Guaduella macrostachys

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Franchet, Adrien René. 1887. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 674-675 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
Tropicos, Puelia Franch.
Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Zuloaga, Fernando O.; Judziewicz, Emmet J.; Filgueiras, Tarciso S.; Davis, Jerrold I.; Morrone, Osvaldo (2015). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 53 (2): 117–137. doi:10.1111/jse.12150. ISSN 1674-4918. S2CID 84052108. open access