Chimaerochloa is a genus of New Guinean plants in the grass family.[2][3]
| Chimaerochloa | |
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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: | Danthonioideae |
| Tribe: | Danthonieae |
| Genus: | Chimaerochloa H.P.Linder |
| Species: | C. archboldii
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| Binomial name | |
| Chimaerochloa archboldii (Hitchc.) Pirie & H.P. Linder
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Danthonia archboldii Hitchc. | |
The genus name of Chimaerochloa is named after Chimera (mythology) as Linder noted; "the grass takes an the appearance of different genera, depending on which character set is investigated. Thus, it can be regarded as a grass that changes its appearance, a chimaera".[4]
The genus was circumscribed by Hans Peter Linder in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.97 (Issue 3) on page 346 in 2010.
Species
editThe only known species is Chimaerochloa archboldii.[5]
References
edit- ^ The International Plant Names Index
- ^ Linder, Hans Peter. 2010. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3): 346–347, figure 14
- ^ Tropicos, Chimaerochloa H.P. Linder
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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