Biology:Mullerochloa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Mullerochloa K.M.Wong |
| Synonyms | |
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Bambusa moreheadiana F.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]
References
- ↑ "Mullerochloa K.M.Wong | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77069414-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mullerochloa moreheadiana (F.M.Bailey) K.M.Wong | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77069415-1.
- ↑ Franklin, Donald C. (2008). Taxonomic Interpretation of Australian Native Bamboos. 12. p. 183.
- ↑ "Bamboo plants of Australia . Native species explained" (in en-AU). 14 January 2020. https://www.aussiebamboo.com.au/bamboo-plants-of-australia/.
- ↑ "Currie Connect' ' | University of Western Australia" (in en). https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1307346/Currie_Connect_web.pdf.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ "Bambusa moreheadiana". https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/AusGrass/key/AusGrass/Media/Html/BAMBUSA/BAMMOR.HTML.
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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