Patosia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It was described as a genus in 1890.[2][3]

Patosia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Patosia
Buchenau
Species:
P. clandestina
Binomial name
Patosia clandestina
(Phil.) Buchenau
Synonyms[1]
  • Rostkovia clandestina Phil.
  • Distichia clandestina (Buchenau) Buchenau
  • Oxychloe clandestina (Buchenau) Hauman
  • Rostkovia brevifolia Phil.
  • Oxychloe brevifolia (Phil.) Buchenau
  • Distichia brevifolia (Phil.) Phil. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Patosia tucumanensis Castillón
  • Patosia clandestina var. tucumanensis (Castillón) Barros
Upclose colour photograph of Patosia clandestina
Patosia clandestina

The genus contains only one known species, Patosia clandestina, native to southern South America (Chile, Argentina and Bolivia).[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Buchenau, Franz Georg Philipp. 1890. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 63-65 description in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ^ Tropicos, Patosia Buchenau
  4. ^ Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.