Chevalierella is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[2][3][4] The only known species is Chevalierella dewildemanii, native to Republic of Congo and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1][5][6][7]

Chevalierella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Zeugiteae
Genus: Chevalierella
A.Camus
Species:
C. dewildemanii
Binomial name
Chevalierella dewildemanii
(Vanderyst) Van der Veken ex Compère
Synonyms[1]
  • Ichnanthus dewildemanii Vanderyst
  • Chevalierella congoensis A.Camus (type species)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Camus, Aimée Antoinette. 1933. Revue de Botanique Appliquée et d'Agriculture Tropicale 13: 421
  3. ^ Tropicos, Chevalierella A. Camus
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ The Plant List search for Chevalierella
  6. ^ Vanderyst, Hyacinthe Julien Robert 1919. Bulletin agricole du Congo Belge 10: 249
  7. ^ Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville