Moliniopsis

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Moliniopsis japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Moliniopsis
Hayata
Species:
M. japonica
Binomial name
Moliniopsis japonica
(Hack.) Hayata
Synonyms
  • Graphephorum nipponicum Honda
  • Molinia japonica Hack.
  • Moliniopsis hui (Pilg.) Keng
  • Moliniopsis intermedia Keng
  • Moliniopsis nipponica (Honda) Honda

Moliniopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae.[1] It just contains one species, Moliniopsis japonica (Hack.) Hayata.[2]

It is native to south-east China, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands (Russian Island) and Sakhalin (Russian Island).[2]

The genus name of Moliniopsis is in honour of Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829), was a Chilean Jesuit priest, naturalist, historian, translator, geographer, botanist, ornithologist, and linguist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of japonica means "of Japan".[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) Vol.39 on page 258 in 1925.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Moliniopsis Hayata | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Moliniopsis japonica (Hack.) Hayata | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ^ 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.