Nelmesia

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Nelmesia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Nelmesia
Van der Veken
Species:
N. melanostachya
Binomial name
Nelmesia melanostachya
Van der Veken

Nelmesia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. [1] The only species is Nelmesia melanostachyaVan der Veken. [2]

It is native to Zaire. [2]

The genus name of Nelmesia is in honour of Ernest Nelmes (1895–1959), an English botanist, gardener and librarian. He worked at Kew Gardens in the herbarium and library, he was also a specialist in Carex and Cyperaceae. [3] The Latin specific epithet of melanostachya is a portmanteaux word, made of melano- from the Greek word μελανός (melanós) meaning black and also -stachya from Stachyus derived from Greek word σταχυς (stachys), meaning "an ear of grain". [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles Vol.25 on page 143 in 1955. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nelmesia Van der Veken | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nelmesia melanostachya Van der Veken | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 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   184533731X.
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