Renvoizea is a genus of plants in the grass family.[1]

Renvoizea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Clade: Graminid clade
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Renvoizea
Zuloaga & Morrone

It is native range is north-eastern and south-eastern Brazil.[1]

The genus name Renvoizea is in honour of Stephen Andrew Renvoize (b. 1944), an English botanist who worked at Kew Gardens and was a specialist in grasses.[2] It was first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.33 on page 294 in 2008.[1]

Known species edit

According to Kew;[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Renvoizea". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.