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Agnesia is a genus of herbaceous South American bamboo in the grass family.

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAscidiacea
  3. OrderPhlebobranchia
  4. FamilyAgnesiidae
Habitatmarine
Native toBrazil North, Colombia, Peru

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
Family
Agneziidae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
Martinique, Colombia, United Kingdom, South Sandwich Islands, Indonesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Named after
Mary Agnes Chase
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Agnesia is a genus of herbaceous South American bamboo in the grass family.

It is named in honor of agrostologist (botanical specialist in the area of grasses) Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agnesia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.