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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Species[4][5][6][7][3]

References

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  1. ^ Hubbard, Charles Edward & Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1952. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 22: 316-317
  2. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Tropicos, search for Louisiella
  5. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557