Lorenzochloa

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Stipeae
Genus: Lorenzochloa
Species: L. bomanii – L. erectifolia – L. henrardiana – L. mucronata – L. obtusa – L. orurensis – L. rigidiseta – L. venusta

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Lorenzochloa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 29. Reference page.

Name

Lorenzochloa Reeder & C.Reeder, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 11: 239. (1969)

• Type species: Lorenzochloa erectifolia (Swallen) Reeder & C.Reeder, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 11: 239. (1969)
• monotypic taxon

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Parodiella Reeder & C.Reeder, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 12: 268 (1968), nom. illeg. hom. vide Parodiella Speg. (1880)
• Heterotypic
  • Anatherostipa (Hack. ex Kuntze) Peñail., Gayana, Bot. 53: 278 (1996)
  • Nicoraella Torres, Monogr. Comis. Invest. Ci. Prov. Buenos Aires 13: 70 (1997)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina Northwest Regionalː Western South America Bolivia, Chile North, Ecuador, Peru Regionalː Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Regionalː Central America Costa Rica References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reeder, J.R. & Reeder, C.G. 1969. Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica 11: 239.

Additional references

• Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Soreng, R.J. & Reyna, J.V. 2019. A key to the North American genera of Stipeae (Poaceae, Pooideae) with descriptions and taxonomic names for species of Eriocoma, Neotrinia, Oloptum, and five new genera: Barkworthia, × Eriosella, Pseudoeriocoma, Ptilagrostiella, and Thorneochloa. PhytoKeys 126: 89–125. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.126.34096 Reference page. 
• Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Zuloaga, F.O., Romaschenko, K., Clark, L.G., Teisher, J.K., Gillespie, L.J., Barberá, P., Welker, C.A., Kellogg, E.A., Li, D.Z. & Davidse, G. 2022. A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 60(3): 476–521. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12847 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Lorenzochloa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sept. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lorenzochloa. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 19 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Lorenzochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sept. 2021. Reference page.

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