Moliniopsis

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Moliniopsis japonica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Moliniopsis
Hayata
Species:
M. japonica
Binomial name
Moliniopsis japonica
(Hack.) Hayata
Synonyms
  • Graphephorum nipponicumHonda
  • Molinia japonicaHack.
  • Moliniopsis hui(Pilg.) Keng
  • Moliniopsis intermediaKeng
  • Moliniopsis nipponica(Honda) Honda

Moliniopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae. [1] It just contains one species, Moliniopsis japonica(Hack.) Hayata. [2]

It is native to south-east China, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands (Russian Island) and Sakhalin (Russian Island). [2]

The genus name of Moliniopsis is in honour of Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829), was a Chilean Jesuit priest, naturalist, historian, translator, geographer, botanist, ornithologist, and linguist. [3] The Latin specific epithet of japonica means "of Japan". [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) Vol.39 on page 258 in 1925. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Moliniopsis Hayata | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Moliniopsis japonica (Hack.) Hayata | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
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