Kerriochloa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Ischaeminae |
| Genus: | Kerriochloa C.E.Hubb.[1] |
| Species: | K. siamensis
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Kerriochloa is a genus of Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.[5] The only known species is Kerriochloa siamensis, native to Thailand and Vietnam.[2][6]
The genus name of Kerriochloa is in honour of Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942), an Irish medical doctor.[7] The Latin specific epithet of siamensis means coming from Siam (the old name for Thailand.[8] Both genus and species were first described and published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. Vol.35 on table 3494 in 1950.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hubbard, Charles Edward 1951. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 35: plate 3494.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tropicos search for Kerriochloa
- ^ Camus, Aimée Antoinette 1957. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, séries. 2, vol 29: page 189
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ a b "Kerriochloa siamensis C.E.Hubb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
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