Neesiochloa Explained

Neesiochloa is a genus of Brazilian plants in the grass family.[1] [2] [3] The only known species is Neesiochloa barbata.[4] It is native to eastern Brazil (Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Piauí).

The genus name of Neesiochloa is in honour of Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858), a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher.[5] The Latin specific epithet of barbata refers to "barba" meaning bearded.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich 1940. Neesiochloa eine neue Gramineengattung aus Brasilien. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 48: 119–120
  2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025863 Tropicos, Neesiochloa Pilg.
  3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00408.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Web site: Neesiochloa barbata (Nees) Pilg. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 31 October 2021 . en.
  5. 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.
  6. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .

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