Morelotia Explained

Morelotia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. It contains six species of sedges native to New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, Tubuai Islands, and Western Australia.^[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:

• Morelotia affinis – New Zealand
• Morelotia australiensis – Southwest Australia
• Morelotia gahniiformis – Hawaiian Islands
• Morelotia involuta – Tubuai Islands
• Morelotia microcarpa – Southwest Australia
• Morelotia octandra – Southwest Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morelotia Gaudich. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 11 November 2023 . en.
2. 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 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.