Mullerochloa

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Mullerochloa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Mullerochloa
Synonyms

Bambusa moreheadiana F.M.Bailey

Mullerochloa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Mullerochloa moreheadiana (F.M.Bailey) K.M.Wong [2]

It is native to Queensland in north-eastern Australia.[2]

The grass forms clumps and grows up to 12m tall. Culms (aerial stem bearing the inflorescence), will get up to 4cm in diameter however they are thin walled. It has large leaves and doesn’t have basal branches.[3]

The genus name of Mullerochloa is in honour of Edward Angelo Goodall (1819–1908), an English painter and illustrator.[4] The Latin specific epithet of moreheadiana is in honour of Boyd Dunlop Morehead (1843–1905), an English-born Australian politician.[5] Both genus and species were first described and published in Blumea Vol.50 on pages 434-435 in 2005.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mullerochloa K.M.Wong | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Mullerochloa moreheadiana (F.M.Bailey) K.M.Wong | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Bamboo plants of Australia . Native species explained". Aussie Bamboo. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Bambusa moreheadiana". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

Other sources[]

  • H.T. Clifford, Austrobaileya Vol. 4, No. 1 (1993), pp. 131-133, Bambusa moreheadiana F.M. Bailey (Magnoliophyta: Poaceae)
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