Statut pour la Guyane française
Véron, S., Rodrigues-Vaz, C., Lebreton, E., Ah-Peng, C., Boullet, V., Chevillotte, H., Gradstein, S., Jérémie, J., Lavocat Bernard, E., Lebouvier, M., Meyer, J., Munzinger, J., Poncy, O., Thouvenot, L., Viscardi, G., Léotard, G., Gargominy, O., Leblond, S., Pignal, M., Rouhan, G., Tercerie, S., Invernon, V. & Muller, S. 2021. An assessment of the endemic spermatophytes, pteridophytes and bryophytes of the French Overseas Territories: towards a better conservation outlook. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30: 2097-2124. [GF = E]

 

Description originale (de Raddiella vanessiae Judz., 2007)
Judziewicz, E. J. & Sepsenwol, S. 2007. The world's smallest bamboo: Raddiella vanessiae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae), a new species from French Guiana. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 1(1): 1-7. : 1

 

Illustration originale (de Raddiella vanessiae Judz., 2007)
Judziewicz, E. J. & Sepsenwol, S. 2007. The world's smallest bamboo: Raddiella vanessiae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae), a new species from French Guiana. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 1(1): 1-7. : fig. 1-2

 

Statut pour la Guyane française (de Raddiella vanessiae Judz., 2007)
Feuillet, C. 2009. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield. 1. An update to the Angiosperms. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 3(2): 799-814. : 801 [GF = P]

 

Date de publication : J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, 1(1): 1-7, f. 1-2. 2007 [10/08/2007].

Distribution : Endémique remarquable ("le plus petit bambou du monde") des savanes de la région de Cayenne: Montsinéry (savane de Montsinéry [21/08/2019, G. Léotard, obs. pers.], savane Lambert [type!]), Matoury (savane de Rochambeau [11/05/2014, Pelletier & Vrignaud 299, CAY164045, CAY164046]), Roura [paratype].

Etymologie : Dédié à Vanessa Hequet.

Orthographe : Publié comme "vanessiae" orth. var.

Taxonomie : "Raddiella vanessiae is the smallest bambusoid grass yet known, even smaller than Raddiella minima Judz. & Zuloaga (Zuloaga & Judziewicz 1991; Zuloaga et al. 1993; Judziewicz et al. 1999). Table 1 shows that both R. minima and R. vanessiae have smaller leaves than the endemic Cuban olyroid Mniochloa pulchella (Griseb.) Chase (Zuloaga et al. 1993). The new species appears to be related to both R. minima (known only from the Brazilian type collection made about 1600 km to the south of French Guiana) and the widespread Neotropical species R. esenbeckii (Steud.) C.E. Calderón & Soderstr. but is much smaller than either one. The new species is also distinguished from these related species by its smaller female florets and female lemmas that are slightly cucullate at the apex." (Judziewicz & Sepsenwol 2007).

Type : Guyane française, Montsinéry, Savane Lambert 1, 4°53'N 52°31'W, 10 m, savanes herbacées, 15/05/2001, fleurs, V. Hequet 1281 (HT: US00777844; IT: CAY025742, K000913314, P00640977).
Guyane française, Roura, savane marécageuse incluse dans la forêt à 8 km ESE du dégrad de Roura [c. 4°40'N, 52°20'W], bord de mare, sur la berge nue, au ras de l’eau, 21/04/1979, fleurs. Très petite herbe en touffes. Feuilles rougeâtres dessous. Epillets axillaires, sessiles, vert clair, en partie cachés dans les gaines foliaires. A. Raynal-Roques & J. Jérémie 21288 (PT: CAY038631, P02332852).