''Parodiophyllochloa'' is a genus of

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grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

. The genus name of ''Parodiophyllochloa'' is in honour of

Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (born 23 January 1895 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province - died 21 April 1966 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentinian botanist and agronomist. Parodi studied at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy under Luci ...

(1895–1966), an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botany in

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La Plata La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. According to the , it has a population of 654,324 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 787,294 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from th ...

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Parodiophyllochloa cordovensis ''Parodiophyllochloa'' is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family. The genus name of ''Parodiophyllochloa'' is in honour of Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966), an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botan ...

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Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

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* '' Parodiophyllochloa ovulifera'' - tropical

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

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Parodiophyllochloa pantricha ''Parodiophyllochloa'' is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family. The genus name of ''Parodiophyllochloa'' is in honour of Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966), an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botan ...

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South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

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Parodiophyllochloa penicillata ''Parodiophyllochloa'' is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family. The genus name of ''Parodiophyllochloa'' is in honour of Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966), an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botan ...

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Parodiophyllochloa rhizogona ''Parodiophyllochloa'' is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family. The genus name of ''Parodiophyllochloa'' is in honour of Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966), an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botan ...

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References

Panicoideae Poaceae genera Plants described in 2008 Flora of Mexico Flora of Central America Flora of northern South America Flora of western South America Flora of Brazil Flora of southern South America {{Panicoideae-stub