Monelytrum

Monelytrum
Lüderitz grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Monelytrum
Hack.[1]
Type species
M. luederitzianum Hack.[2]
Species

M. luederitzianum Hack.[2]
Synonyms

M. annuum Gooss.[3]

Monelytrum is a monotypic genus of grass in the Poaceae family. Its sole species, Monelytrum luederitzianum (commonly known in English as Lüderitz grass)[4] is endemic to Namibia.[2][3] Both common and scientific names were named for the city of Lüderitz, located in the far south of Namibia.

References

  1. ^ The genus Monelytrum was first named and described by Eduard Hackel (1850–1926) in the publication Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder 30: 140. in 1888. "Name - Monelytrum Hack.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://tropicos.org/Name/40021662. Retrieved May 10, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c  "Name - Monelytrum luederitzianum Hack.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://tropicos.org/Name/25515080. Retrieved May 10, 2011. "as Monelytrum "Lüderitzianum" ; Distribution: Namibia" 
  3. ^ a b  Published In: Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1934: 197. "Name - Monelytrum annuum Gooss.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://tropicos.org/Name/25515081. Retrieved May 10, 2011. "Namibia" 
  4. ^ Klaassen, E.S. and Craven, P. (2003). Checklist of grasses in Namibia. Pretoria, SA & Windhoek, Namibia: Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET). p. 124 (p.133 of PDF. ISBN 99916-63-16-9. http://www.nbri.org.na/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Grass_Check_List.pdf. Retrieved May 10, 2011). 

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