Merxmuellera
| Merxmuellera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Danthonioideae |
| Tribe: | Danthonieae |
| Genus: | Merxmuellera Conert |
| Type species | |
(C.E.Hubb.) Conert.
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Merxmuellera is a genus of African grasses[1][2] named for Hermann Merxmueller, a 20th century German botanist and taxonomist who was an expert on African flora.
Species[]
Merxmuellera contains the following species:[3]
- (A.Camus) Conert - Madagascar
- (C.E.Hubb.) Conert - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Limpopo
- (Schweick.) Conert - Cape Province, Lesotho, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
- (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) H.P.Linder - Ethiopia
- (Stapf) Conert - Cape Province, Lesotho, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Madagascar
- (J.G.Anderson) Conert - Lesotho, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
- (A.Camus) Conert - Madagascar
Formerly included[]
Merxmuellera formerly contained the following species:[3]
- M. arundinacea -
- M. aureocephala -
- M. cincta -
- M. decora -
- M. disticha -
- M. dura -
- M. guillarmodiae -
- M. lupulina -
- M. papposa -
- M. rangei -
- M. rufa -
- M. setacea -
- M. stricta -
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Conert, Hans Joachim. 1970. Senckenbergiana Biologica 51(1–2): 129-133
- ^ Tropicos, Merxmuellera Conert
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Categories:
- Danthonioideae
- Poaceae genera
- Taxa named by Charles Edward Hubbard