Reedia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Reedia
F.Muell.

Reedia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Reedia spathacea F.Muell, endemic to south-western Australia.[1]

The genus name of Reedia is in honour of Joseph Reed (c. 1823 – 1890), a Cornishman by birth, was a prolific and influential Victorian era architect in Melbourne, Australia.[2] The Latin specific epithet of spathacea is derived from spathaceus meaning spathed, derived from spatha, meaning blade.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Fragm. Vol.1 on page3 239-240 in 1859.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Reedia F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.
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