Snowdenia

Snowdenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Panicodae
Tribe:	Paniceae
Subtribe:	Cenchrinae
Genus:	Snowdenia; C.E.Hubb.
Type species
	Snowdenia microcarpha; C.E.Hubb.
Synonyms
	Beckera Fresen.

Short description: Genus of plants

Snowdenia is a genus of plants in the grass family, they are native to Arabia and East Africa.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The genus was circumscribed by Charles Edward Hubbard in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1929) on page 30 in 1929.^[1]

The genus name of Snowdenia is in honour of Joseph Devenport Snowden (1886–1973), who was a British gardener, botanist and mycologist. Who worked at Kew Gardens.^[6]

Species

As accepted by Kew;^[1]

Snowdenia microcarpha C.E.Hubb. - Uganda
Snowdenia mutica (Hochst.) Pilg. - Ethiopia
Snowdenia petitiana (A.Rich.) C.E.Hubb. - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen
Snowdenia polystachya (Fresen.) Pilg. - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Saudi Arabia

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Snowdenia C.E.Hubb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19027-1.
↑ Hubbard, Charles Edward 1929. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1929(1): 30–31
↑ Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1938. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 14: 103
↑ Tropicos, Snowdenia C.E. Hubb.
↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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[Powo-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Snowdenia C.E.Hubb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19027-1.

[2] Hubbard, Charles Edward 1929. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1929(1): 30–31

[3] Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1938. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 14: 103

[4] Tropicos, Snowdenia C.E. Hubb.

[5] Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

[6] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.