Sartidia

Sartidia
only known specimen of Sartidia perrieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Aristidoideae
Tribe: Aristideae
Genus: Sartidia
De Winter
Type species
Sartidia angolensis
(C.E.Hubb.) De Winter[1]
Species

Six species, see text

Sartidia is a genus of Southern African and Madagascan plants in the grass family. It was split from Aristida in 1963 by South African botanist Bernard de Winter[1] and contains six known species, of which Sartidia perrieri is considered extinct.[2] Other than most species in subfamily Aristidoideae, Sartidia species use the ancestral C3 photosynthetic pathway. Their natural habitats are warm, semi-arid savanna and dry forest at altitudes of 800–2,000 metres (2,600–6,600 ft) where rainfall ranges from 250 to 1,500 mm per year.[2] They are perennial grasses with inflorescence in a panicle.[3]

Species[2][4]
  1. Sartidia angolensis (C.E.Hubb.) De Winter – Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia
  2. Sartidia dewinteri Munday & Fish – Mpumalanga (South Africa), Swaziland
  3. Sartidia isaloensis Voronts., Razanatsoa & Besnard – Madagascar
  4. Sartidia jucunda (Schweick.) De Winter – Limpopo (South Africa)
  5. Sartidia perrieri (A.Camus) Bourreil – Madagascar (extinct)
  6. Sartidia vanderystii (De Wild.) De Winter – Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

  1. 1 2 De Winter, B. (1963). "Notes on the genus Aristida". Kirkia. 3: 132–137. JSTOR 23500816.
  2. 1 2 3 Vorontsova, M.S.; Haevermans, T.; Haevermans, A.; Razanatsoa, J.; Lundgren, M.R.; Besnard, G. (2015). "The Genus Sartidia (Poaceae: Aristidoideae) in Madagascar". Systematic Botany. 40 (2): 448–453. doi:10.1600/036364415X688367. ISSN 0363-6445.
  3. ↑ RBG Kew: GrassBase - Sartidia description
  4. ↑ Tropicos – Sartidia De Winter
External identifiers for Sartidia
Encyclopedia of Life 5850674
GBIF 4118613
NCBI 348171
eMonocot 440210
Also found in: Wikispecies, GrassBase, Tropicos, World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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