Raddiella nana (Döll) Swallen

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1969. The botany of the Guayana Highland-part VIII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 1-290.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Raddiella nana (Döll) Swallen

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - BRAZIL. Amazonas: along Rio Cauaburi between Cachoeira Manajos andriver camp, Maguire et al 60132 (NY, US) .

  • Discussion

    Olyra nana Doell in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2(2): 329. 1877.

    This species is the most common member of the genus Raddiella which contains the smallest plants of the tribe Olyreae (subfamily Bambusoideae). It is distinguished from other species of the genus by its firm triangular-oblong blades, pubescent nodes, and caespitoselike habit (in reahty short-rhizomatous). The most widespread species of Raddiella, it occurs at its northern limit in Panama, on the white sand savannas of Trinidad, and south to Goias and Minas Gerais, Brazil

  • Distribution

    BRAZIL. Amazonas: along Rio Cauaburi between Cachoeira Manajos andriver camp, Maguire et al 60132 (NY, U S ) .

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