Biology:Mullerochloa
Mullerochloa is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with affinities to bamboos. It contains just one species, Mullerochloa moreheadiana, which is native to northeastern Queensland, Australia.[1] It was originally described as Bambusa moreheadiana by Frederick Manson Bailey in 1889.[2][3]
The plant produces culms (stems) up to 30 m (100 ft) tall from an underground shoot;[4][5] the shoots themselves can be up to 60 m (200 ft) in length.[6]
The genus name of Mullerochloa is in honour of Lennox Muller, an Australian psychologist[citation needed] turned exotic plant farmer in Innisfail, Far North Queensland.[7] The Latin specific epithet of moreheadiana is in honour of Boyd Dunlop Morehead (1843–1905), an English-born Australian politician.[3]
References
- ↑ "Mullerochloa K.M.Wong". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77069414-1.
- ↑ "Mullerochloa K.M.Wong, Blumea 50(3): 434 (-435)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. https://www.ipni.org/n/77069414-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sharp, D.; Simon, B.K. (2002). "Bambusa moreheadiana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, and Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland. https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/AusGrass/key/AusGrass/Media/Html/BAMBUSA/BAMMOR.HTML.
- ↑ Weiller, C.M. (2022). "Mullerochloa moreheadiana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Mullerochloa%20moreheadiana.
- ↑ Clifford, H.T. (1993). "Bambusa moreheadiana F.M. Bailey (Magnoliophyta: Poaceae)". Austrobaileya 4 (1): 131–133. doi:10.5962/p.365796. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41738841. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ↑ Franklin, Donald C. (2008). "Taxonomic Interpretation of Australian Native Bamboos". Telopea 12 (2): 183. doi:10.7751/telopea20085809.
- ↑ "Alumni update". Currie Connect (Crawley, Western Australia: The University of Western Australia) 1 (2). 2010. https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1307346/Currie_Connect_web.pdf. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
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Other sources
- H.T. Clifford, Austrobaileya Vol. 4, No. 1 (1993), pp. 131-133, Bambusa moreheadiana F.M. Bailey (Magnoliophyta: Poaceae)
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