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[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

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

• List of Poaceae genera

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