Louisiella is a genus of African, Neotropical and tropical plants in the grass family.[1][2][3] Earlier the genus was known to comprise only two species i.e. L. fluitans and L. elephantipes. Mr. Shahid Nawaz, an agrostologist at the Blatter Herbarium (BLAT), transferred a species Panicum paludosum Roxb. into Louisiella based on critical study of the morphological features.[3] Now, there are three globally accepted species in the genus.
| Louisiella | |
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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 |
| Subtribe: | Panicinae |
| Genus: | Louisiella C.E.Hubb. & J.Léonard |
| Type species | |
| Louisiella fluitans C.E.Hubb. & J.Léonard
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- Louisiella fluitans C.E.Hubb. & J.Léonard - Cameroon, Zaïre, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Sudan
- Louisiella elephantipes (Nees ex Trin.) Zuloaga - Latin America (from southern Mexico and the Greater Antilles to Uruguay).
- Louisiella paludosa (Roxb.) Landge - India, Southeast Asia up to Australia.[3]
References edit
- ^ Hubbard, Charles Edward & Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1952. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 22: 316-317
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ a b c d Landge, Shahid Nawaz (22 July 2021). "A new combination in the genus Louisiella". Phytotaxa. 512 (2): 107–111. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.512.2.3 – via Magnolia Press.
- ^ Tropicos, search for Louisiella
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Scataglini, M. A.; Lizarazu, M. A.; Zuloaga, F. O. (2014). "A peculiar amphitropical genus of Paniceae (Poaceae, Panicoideae)". Systematic Botany. 39 (4): 1108–1119. doi:10.1600/036364414X683886. hdl:11336/18998. S2CID 84381406.
- ^ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
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