Mullerochloa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Mullerochloa K.M.Wong |
Synonyms | |
Bambusa moreheadianaF.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. Other sources say it can be up to two hundred feet (sixty meters) in length. [3] 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. [4]
The genus name of Mullerochloa is in honour of Lennox Muller, an Australian psychologist turned exotic plant farmer in Innisfail, Far North Queensland. [5] [6] The Latin specific epithet of moreheadiana is in honour of Boyd Dunlop Morehead (1843–1905), an English-born Australian politician. [7] Both genus and species were first described and published in Blumea Vol.50 on pages 434-435 in 2005. [2]
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