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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Binomial name | |
Kerriochloa siamensis | |
Synonyms [2] [3] [4] | |
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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]
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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Binomial name | |
Kerriochloa siamensis | |
Synonyms [2] [3] [4] | |
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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]