''Mullerochloa'' is a

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genus of

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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 ...

. It just contains one species, ''Mullerochloa moreheadiana'' (F.M.Bailey) K.M.Wong It is native to

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

in north-eastern Australia. The grass forms clumps and grows up to 12m tall. Other sources say it can be up to two hundred feet (sixty meters) in length. Culms (aerial stem bearing the inflorescence), will get up to 4cm in diameter however they are thin walled. It has large leaves and doesn’t have basal branches. The genus name of ''Mullerochloa'' is in honour of

Lennox Muller Lennox may refer to: Places *Lennox (district), Scotland *Lennox and Addington, electoral district in Ontario, Canada **Lennox (electoral district), a former electoral district in Ontario (1867–1904) *Lennox County, Ontario, Canada * Lennox, N ...

, an Australian psychologist turned exotic plant farmer in Innisfail, Far North Queensland. The Latin

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of ''moreheadiana'' is in honour of

Boyd Dunlop Morehead Boyd Dunlop Morehead (24 August 1843 – 30 October 1905) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland from November 1888 to June 1890. Early life Boyd Morehead was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the second son ...

(1843–1905), an English-born Australian politician. Both genus and species were first described and published in Blumea Vol.50 on pages 434-435 in 2005.

References

Other sources

* H.T. Clifford, Austrobaileya Vol. 4, No. 1 (1993), pp. 131-133, ''Bambusa moreheadiana'' F.M. Bailey (Magnoliophyta: Poaceae) {{Taxonbar, from1=Q19820313, from2=Q19820323 Bambusoideae Bambusoideae genera Plants described in 2005 Flora of Queensland