Biology:Morelotia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Morelotia
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Morelotia gahniiformis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Morelotia
Gaudich.

Morelotia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. It contains six species of sedges native to New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, Tubuai Islands, and Western Australia.[1]

The genus name of Morelotia is in honour of Simon Morelot (1751–1809), a French apothecary and also member and professor at the college of pharmacy.[2] It was first described and published in Voy. Uranie on page 416 in 1829.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Morelotia affinis (Brongn.) S.T.Blake – New Zealand
  • Morelotia australiensis (C.B.Clarke) R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson – Southwest Australia
  • Morelotia gahniiformis Gaudich. – Hawaiian Islands
  • Morelotia involuta (H.St.John) J.J.Bruhl & R.L.Barrett – Tubuai Islands
  • Morelotia microcarpa (S.T.Blake) R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson – Southwest Australia
  • Morelotia octandra (Nees) R.L.Barrett & J.J.Bruhl – Southwest Australia

References


Wikidata ☰ Q9035127 entry