Merxmuellera

Merxmuellera is a genus of African grasses^[1]^[2] named for Hermann Merxmueller, a 20th-century German botanist and taxonomist who was an expert on African flora.

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

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

References

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

[1] Conert, Hans Joachim. 1970. Senckenbergiana Biologica 51(1–2): 129-133

[2] Tropicos, Merxmuellera Conert

[c-3] 1 2Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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Species

Formerly included

See also

References