Snowdenia

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Distinguish|Snowdonia}}

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|taxon = Snowdenia

|authority = C.E.Hubb.

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|type_species = Snowdenia microcarpha

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|synonyms = Beckera Fresen.

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Snowdenia is a genus of plants in the grass family, they are native to Arabia and East Africa.Hubbard, Charles Edward 1929. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1929(1): 30–31Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1938. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 14: 103[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40001449 Tropicos, Snowdenia C.E. Hubb.][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00589.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

The genus was circumscribed by Charles Edward Hubbard in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1929) on page 30 in 1929.

The genus name of Snowdenia is in honour of Joseph Devenport Snowden (1886–1973), who was a British gardener, botanist and mycologist. Who worked at Kew Gardens.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}