Patosia

Patosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Juncaceae
Genus:	Patosia Buchenau
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

Patosia is a genus of plant in family Juncaceae described as a genus in 1890.^[2][3]

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

References

1. 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.