Mullerochloa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Mullerochloa moreheadiana (F.M.Bailey) K.M.Wong [2]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Mullerochloa K.M.Wong |
| Synonyms | |
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Bambusa moreheadiana F.M.Bailey | |
It is native to Queensland in north-eastern Australia.[2]
The grass forms clumps and grows up to 12m tall. Other sources say it can be up to two hundred feet (sixty meters) in length.[3] Culms (aerial stem bearing the inflorescence), will get up to 4cm in diameter however they are thin walled. It has large leaves and doesn’t have basal branches.[4]
The genus name of Mullerochloa is in honour of Lennox Muller, an Australian psychologist turned exotic plant farmer in Innisfail, Far North Queensland.[5] [6] The Latin specific epithet of moreheadiana is in honour of Boyd Dunlop Morehead (1843–1905), an English-born Australian politician.[7] Both genus and species were first described and published in Blumea Vol.50 on pages 434-435 in 2005.[2]
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