Relchela

Relchela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Echinopogoninae
Genus: Relchela
Steud.
Species:
R. panicoides
Binomial name
Relchela panicoides
Synonyms
  • Lechlera Steud. 1855, superfluous and rejected name not Griseb. 1857 (Iridaceae)
  • Panicum oligostachyum Steud.
  • Agrostis asperula Phil.
  • Agrostis corralensis Phil.
  • Agrostis limonias Phil.

Relchela is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Relchela panicoides, native to Chile and Argentina (Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Neuquén).

The name Relchela is a taxonomic anagram derived from Lechlera. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the German botanist Willibald Lechler (1814–1856).

Notes

  1. ↑ This name is also attributed to a member of Iridaceae, and is synonym of Solenomelus.

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1855. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 101
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Relchela Steud.
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ Nicora, E. G., M. E. D. Paula, A. M. Faggi, M. d. Mariano, A. M. M. A., L. R. Parodi, C. A. Petetin, F. A. Roig & Z. R. Agrasar. 1978. Gramineae. 8(3): 1–583. In M.N. Correa (ed.) Flora Patagónica. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
  6. ↑ Soreng, R. J. 2003. Relchela. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 48: 602
  7. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. L21. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.