Moliniopsis Explained

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moliniopsis Hayata Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 26 October 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Moliniopsis japonica (Hack.) Hayata Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 26 October 2021 . en.
  3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.
  4. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .

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