Tzveleviochloa Explained

Tzveleviochloa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae.^[1]

Its native range is the Himalayas, India and Myanmar to south central China.

The genus name of Tzveleviochloa is in honour of Nikolai Tzvelev (1925–2015), a Russian botanist and specialist in grasses and ferns.^[2] It was first described and published by Martin Röser and Alexandra Wölkin in Taxon vol.66 on page 38 in 2017.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Tzveleviochloa burmanica (Bor) Röser & A.Wölk
• Tzveleviochloa parviflora (Hook.f.) Röser & A.Wölk
• Tzveleviochloa potaninii (Tzvelev) Röser & A.Wölk
• Tzveleviochloa schmidii

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tzveleviochloa Röser & A.Wölk Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 November 2022 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.