Raddia

Raddia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Olyreae
Subtribe: Olyrinae
Genus: Raddia
Bertol. 1819 not DC. 1824 nor Mazziari 1834
Type species
Raddia brasiliensis
Synonyms

Strephium Schrad. ex Nees

Raddia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family, most of the species found only in Brazil.

The genus was named for Italian botanist and herpetologist Giuseppe Raddi, 1770–1829.

Species
  1. Raddia angustifolia Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Bahia
  2. Raddia brasiliensis Bertol. - Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Paraíba
  3. Raddia distichophylla (Steud. ex Nees) Chase - Bahia
  4. Raddia guianensis (Brongn.) C.L.Hitchc. - Trinidad & Tobago, Pará, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Carabobo, Yaracuy)
  5. Raddia lancifolia R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Espírito Santo
  6. Raddia megaphylla R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Espírito Santo, Bahia
  7. Raddia portoi Kuhlm. - Bahia
  8. Raddia soderstromii R.P.Oliveira, L.G.Clark & Judz. - Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe
  9. Raddia stolonifera R.P.Oliveira & Longhi-Wagner - Bahia
formerly included

see Arberella Crypsis Cryptochloa Piresia Raddiella

  • Raddia aculeata - Crypsis aculeata
  • Raddia biformis - Piresia sympodica
  • Raddia capillata - Cryptochloa capillata
  • Raddia concinna - Cryptochloa concinna
  • Raddia costaricensis - Arberella costaricensis
  • Raddia malmeana - Raddiella malmeana
  • Raddia nana - Raddiella esenbeckii
  • Raddia strictiflora - Cryptochloa strictiflora
  • Raddia sympodica - Piresia sympodica