Morelotia

Morelotia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae.[1]

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

It is native to New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands.[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
  • Morelotia gahniiformis Gaudich.

References
  1. "Morelotia Gaudich. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  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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