Snowdenia is a genus of plants in the grass family, they are native to Arabia and East Africa.[2][3][4][5]

Snowdenia
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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: Cenchrinae
Genus: Snowdenia
C.E.Hubb.
Type species
Snowdenia microcarpha
Synonyms[1]

Beckera Fresen.

The genus was circumscribed by Charles Edward Hubbard in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1929) on page 30 in 1929.[1]

The genus name of Snowdenia is in honour of Joseph Devenport Snowden (1886–1973), who was a British gardener, botanist and mycologist. Who worked at Kew Gardens.[6]

Species

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As accepted by Kew;[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Snowdenia C.E.Hubb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ Hubbard, Charles Edward 1929. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1929(1): 30–31
  3. ^ Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1938. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 14: 103
  4. ^ Tropicos, Snowdenia C.E. Hubb.
  5. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.