Merxmuellera

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.

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

Species

Merxmuellera contains the following species:

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:

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 2 Kew 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 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Merxmuellera

Species

Formerly included

See also

References