Cnidochloa
| Cnidochloa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Genus: | Cnidochloa Zuloaga |
| Species: | C. longipedicellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cnidochloa longipedicellata (Swallen) Zuloaga
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Panicum longipedicellatum Swallen | |
Cnidochloa is a genus of grasses. It includes a single species, Cnidochloa longipedicellata, a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte native to southern and southeastern Brazil. It flowers from December to May.[1][2]
It grows along forest margins and in forest clearings from 700 to 1400 meters elevation in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Parana, and Santa Catarina.[2]
The species was first described as Panicum longipedicellatum in 1966 by Jason Richard Swallen.[1] In 2020 Fernando Omar Zuloaga placed the species in a new monotypic genus as Cnidochloa longipedicellata, based on morphological, anatomical, and phylogenetic characteristics. It is distinguished from other species in subtribe Paniceae by an upper glume which is as long as the spikelet, absent lower palea and lower flower, conspicuous papillae covering the whole surface of the upper anthecium, and lemma with flat margins over the palea.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Cnidochloa longipedicellata (Swallen) Zuloaga". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ a b c Fernando O. Zuloaga, Sandra S. Aliscioni, M. Amalia Scataglini "Cnidochloa: A New Genus of Grasses from Brazil (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae)," Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 105(2), 183-194, (7 July 2020)