Lorenzochloa Explained

Lorenzochloa is a monotypic genus of perennial plants in the grass family. The only known species is Lorenzochloa erectifolia They are native to South America. It was formerly placed in the Ortachne genus, as Ortachne erectifolia,^[1] until phylogenetic analysis.^[2]

They are found in Colombia,^[3] Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

The genus name of Lorenzochloa is in honour of Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966), who was an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botany in Buenos Aires and La Plata with a focus on South American grasses.^[4]

The genus was circumscribed in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. vol.11 on page 239 in 1969.

Notes and References

1. Robert J. Soreng (Editor)
2. Soreng . Robert J. . Peterson . Paul M. . Zuloaga . Fernando O. . Romaschenko . Konstantin . Clark . Lynn G. . Teisher . Jordan K. . Gillespie . Lynn J. . Barberá . Patricia . Welker . Cassiano A. D. . Kellogg . Elizabeth A. . Li . De-Zhu . Davidse . Gerrit . A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) III: An update . Journal of Systematics and Evolution . May 2022 . 60 . 3 (The Biogeography of Grasses (Poaceae)) . 476–521. 10.1111/jse.12847 .
3. A. M. Cleef
4. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.