Merxmuellera

Merxmuellera is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[1][2] It takes its name from Hermann Merxmueller, a German botanist and taxonomist from the 20th century with a special authority in the African flora.

Merxmuellera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Tribe: Danthonieae
Genus: Merxmuellera
Conert
Type species
Merxmuellera davyi
(C.E.Hubb.) Conert.

Species

Merxmuellera contains the following species:[3]

  • Merxmuellera ambalavaoensis (A.Camus) Conert - Madagascar
  • Merxmuellera davyi (C.E.Hubb.) Conert - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Limpopo
  • Merxmuellera drakensbergensis (Schweick.) Conert - Cape Province, Lesotho, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
  • Merxmuellera grandiflora (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) H.P.Linder - Ethiopia
  • Merxmuellera macowanii (Stapf) Conert - Cape Province, Lesotho, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Madagascar
  • Merxmuellera stereophylla (J.G.Anderson) Conert - Lesotho, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
  • Merxmuellera tsaratananensis (A.Camus) Conert - Madagascar

Formerly included
See also: Capeochloa, Ellisochloa, Geochloa, and Tenaxia

Merxmuellera formerly contained the following species:[3]

  • M. arundinacea - Capeochloa arundinacea
  • M. aureocephala - Tenaxia aureocephala
  • M. cincta - Capeochloa cincta
  • M. decora - Geochloa decora
  • M. disticha - Tenaxia disticha
  • M. dura - Tenaxia dura
  • M. guillarmodiae - Tenaxia guillarmodiae
  • M. lupulina - Geochloa lupulina
  • M. papposa - Ellisochloa papposa
  • M. rangei - Ellisochloa rangei
  • M. rufa - Geochloa rufa
  • M. setacea - Capeochloa setacea
  • M. stricta - Tenaxia stricta

See also

References
  1. Conert, Hans Joachim. 1970. Senckenbergiana Biologica 51(1–2): 129-133
  2. Tropicos, Merxmuellera Conert
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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