Raddia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Olyreae
Subtribus: Olyrinae
Genus: Raddia
Species: R. angustifolia – R. biformis – R. brasiliensis – R. distichophylla – R. guianensis – R. lancifolia – R. malmeana – R. megaphylla – R. portoi – R. soderstromii – R. stolonifera
Name

Raddia Bertol., Opusc. Sci. 3: 410. (1819)

Type species: Raddia brasiliensis Bertol., Opusc. Sci. 3: 410. (1819)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Strephium Schrad. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 298. (1829)
Sucrea Soderstr., Brittonia 33: 200. (1981) firmly rejected by Oliveira et al., (2020)

References

Bertoloni, A. 1819. Opuscoli scientifici d'una Società di professori della Pontifical Università di Bologna 3: 410.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Raddia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 21. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Raddia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 21.
Oliveira, R.P., Silva, C., Welker, C.A., Dórea, M.D.C., Oliveira, I.L., Vieira, J.P., Leite, K.R. & Clark, L.G. 2020. Reinterpreting the phylogenetic position, systematics and distribution of the Raddia-Sucrea lineage (Poaceae, Olyrinae), with a new monotypic and endangered herbaceous bamboo genus from Brazil. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 192(1): 34-60. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz048 Open access Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2013. Raddia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Raddia. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2013.

Raddia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family, most of the species found only in Brazil.[2][3]

The genus was named for Italian botanist and herpetologist Giuseppe Raddi, 1770–1829.[4][5]

Species[1][6][7][8][9][10]

Raddia angustifolia Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Bahia
Raddia brasiliensis Bertol. - Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Paraíba
Raddia distichophylla (Steud. ex Nees) Chase - Bahia
Raddia guianensis (Brongn.) C.L.Hitchc. - Trinidad & Tobago, Pará, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Carabobo, Yaracuy)
Raddia lancifolia R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Espírito Santo
Raddia megaphylla R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Espírito Santo, Bahia
Raddia portoi Kuhlm. - Bahia
Raddia soderstromii R.P.Oliveira, L.G.Clark & Judz. - Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe
Raddia stolonifera R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Bahia

formerly included[1]

see Arberella Crypsis Cryptochloa Piresia Raddiella

Raddia aculeata - Crypsis aculeata
Raddia biformis - Piresia sympodica
Raddia capillata - Cryptochloa capillata
Raddia concinna - Cryptochloa concinna
Raddia costaricensis - Arberella costaricensis
Raddia malmeana - Raddiella malmeana
Raddia nana - Raddiella esenbeckii
Raddia strictiflora - Cryptochloa strictiflora
Raddia sympodica - Piresia sympodica

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Bertoloni, Antonio. 1819. Opuscoli scientifici d'una Società di professori della Pontifical Università di Bologna 3: 410
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
"Raddia brasiliensis". www.desert-tropicals.com. Archived from the original on 2001-01-12.
Longhi-Wagner. 2007. Synopsis Poacearum in Josephii Raddii Agrostografia brasiliense editarum. Kew Bulletin 62(3): 381–405
The Plant List search for Raddia
Silva, C., M. Conde & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2012. Olyreae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 63(5): 357–372
Renvoize, S. A. 1984. Grasses of Bahia 1–301. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Hitchcock, A. S. 1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies 1–439. United States Government Printing Office, Washington
Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas