''Kellochloa'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s belonging to the family
Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
.
Its native range is Central and Eastern USA.
The genus name of ''Kellochloa'' is in honour of Elizabeth Anne Kellog (b.1951) an American botanist.
The genus was published by Mabel A. Lizarazu, Marcela Viviana Nicola and M. Amalia Scataglini in Pl. Syst. Evol. vol.301 (issue 9) on page 2256.
in 2015.
Known species:
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Kellochloa brachyantha''
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Kellochloa verrucosa''
References
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Panicoideae
Poaceae genera