Louisiella is a genus of African, Neotropical and tropical plants in the grass family.Hubbard, Charles Edward & Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1952. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 22: 316-317Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora Earlier the genus was known to comprise only two species i.e. L. fluitans and L. elephantipes. Mr. Shahid Nawaz, an agrostologist at the Blatter Herbarium (BLAT), transferred a species Panicum paludosum Roxb. into Louisiella based on critical study of the morphological features. Now, there are three globally accepted species in the genus.
SpeciesTropicos, search for LouisiellaKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesZon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557 Louisiella fluitans C.E.Hubb. & J.Léonard - Cameroon, Zaïre, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Sudan Louisiella elephantipes (Nees ex Trin.) Zuloaga - Latin America (from southern Mexico and the Greater Antilles to Uruguay). Louisiella paludosa (Roxb.) Landge - India, Southeast Asia up to Australia.
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