Biology:Chimaerochloa

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Chimaerochloa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Tribe: Danthonieae
Genus: Chimaerochloa
H.P.Linder
Species:
C. archboldii
Binomial name
Chimaerochloa archboldii
(Hitchc.) Pirie & H.P. Linder
Synonyms[1]

Danthonia archboldii Hitchc.

Chimaerochloa is a genus of New Guinean plants in the grass family.[2][3]

The genus name of Chimaerochloa is named after Chimera (mythology) as Linder noted; "the grass takes an the appearance of different genera, depending on which character set is investigated. Thus, it can be regarded as a grass that changes its appearance, a chimaera".[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Hans Peter Linder in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.97 (Issue 3) on page 346 in 2010.

Species

The only known species is Chimaerochloa archboldii.[5]

References

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