Morelotia

<i>Morelotia</i>

Morelotia

Genus of flowering plant

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    "Morelotia Gaudich. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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