Raddia Explained

Raddia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family, most of the species found only in Brazil.^{[1] [2]}

The genus was named for Italian botanist and herpetologist Giuseppe Raddi, 1770–1829.^{[3] [4]}

Species^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

1. Raddia angustifolia Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Bahia
2. Raddia brasiliensis Bertol. - Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Paraíba
3. Raddia distichophylla (Steud. ex Nees) Chase - Bahia
4. Raddia guianensis (Brongn.) C.L.Hitchc. - Trinidad & Tobago, Pará, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Carabobo, Yaracuy)
5. Raddia lancifolia R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Espírito Santo
6. Raddia megaphylla R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Espírito Santo, Bahia
7. Raddia portoi Kuhlm. - Bahia
8. Raddia soderstromii R.P.Oliveira, L.G.Clark & Judz. - Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe
9. Raddia stolonifera R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Bahia

formerly includedsee Arberella Crypsis Cryptochloa Piresia Raddiella

Notes and References

1. Bertoloni, Antonio. 1819. Opuscoli scientifici d'una Società di professori della Pontifical Università di Bologna 3: 410
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00537.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. Web site: Raddia brasiliensis . www.desert-tropicals.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010112161500/http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Poaceae/Raddia_brasiliensis.html . 2001-01-12.
4. Longhi-Wagner. 2007. Synopsis Poacearum in Josephii Raddii Agrostografia brasiliense editarum. Kew Bulletin 62(3): 381–405
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Raddia The Plant List search for Raddia
6. Silva, C., M. Conde & H. M. Longhi-Wagner. 2012. Olyreae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Rodriguésia 63(5): 357–372
7. Renvoize, S. A. 1984. Grasses of Bahia 1–301. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
8. Hitchcock, A. S. 1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies 1–439. United States Government Printing Office, Washington
9. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas