Drakkaria
Genus of grasses
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Drakkaria is a genus of grasses. It includes a single species, Drakkaria venezuelae, a perennial native to the tropical Americas. It has a disjunct distribution in Guatemala, Honduras, northwestern Costa Rica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Venezuela, and northeastern Brazil,[1] where it grows in tropical dry forests.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Paspaleae |
| Subtribe: | Paspalinae |
| Genus: | Drakkaria C.Silva & Zuloaga |
| Species: | D. venezuelae |
| Binomial name | |
| Drakkaria venezuelae (Hack.) C.Silva & Zuloaga | |
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The species was first described as Panicum venezuelae by Eduard Hackel in 1901. In 2024 Christian Silva and Fernando Omar Zuloaga placed the species in the newly-described genus Drakkaria as Drakkaria venezuelae.[1]