Loudetia is a genus of African, Arabian, and South American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3][4][5]

Loudetia
Type specimen of Loudetia simplex
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Tristachyideae
Genus: Loudetia
Hochst. ex Steud. 1854, conserved name not Hochst. ex A. Braun 1841
Type species
Loudetia elegans
Hochst. ex A. Braun.[1]
Species[6][7]
formerly included[6]

several species now considered better suited to other genera: Danthoniopsis Loudetiopsis Trichopteryx Tristachya

References

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  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Loudetia Hochst. ex Steud.
  2. ^ Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 238 in Latin
  3. ^ Phipps, J. B. 1966. Studies in the Arundinelleae, III. Check-list and key to the genera. Kirkia 5: 235–258.
  4. ^ Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420.
  5. ^ Clayton, W. D. 1967. Studies in the Gramineae: XV. Arundinelleae. Kew Bull. 21(1): 119–124
  6. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. ^ The Plant List search for Loudetia
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