Neesiochloa

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Neesiochloa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Pappophorinae
Genus: Neesiochloa
Pilg.
Species:
N. barbata
Binomial name
Neesiochloa barbata
Synonyms [1]
  • Calotheca barbataNees
  • Chascolytrum barbatum(Nees) Kunth
  • Briza barbataTrin.
  • Briza berteronianaSteud.

Neesiochloa is a genus of Brazilian plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4] The only known species is Neesiochloa barbata. [5] It is native to eastern Brazil (Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Piauí). [1]

The genus name of Neesiochloa is in honour of Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858), a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. [6] The Latin specific epithet of barbata refers to "barba" meaning bearded. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich 1940. Neesiochloa eine neue Gramineengattung aus Brasilien. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 48: 119–120
  3. Tropicos, Neesiochloa Pilg.
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. "Neesiochloa barbata (Nees) Pilg. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. 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.
  7. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.