• Source: Kerriochloa

Kerriochloa is a genus of Southeast Asian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Kerriochloa siamensis, native to Thailand and Vietnam.
The genus name of Kerriochloa is in honour of Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942), an Irish medical doctor. The Latin specific epithet of siamensis means coming from Siam (the old name for Thailand.
Both genus and species were first described and published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. Vol.35 on table 3494 in 1950.




See also


Andropogoneae
List of Poaceae genera




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar genus Poaceae
• Kerriochloa
• Andropogoneae
• Arthur Francis George Kerr
• Critchlow
• List of Poaceae genera
• Ischaemum
• List of plant genera named for people (K–P)