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Walwhalleya

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Walwhalleya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Walwhalleya
Wills & J.J.Bruhl
Synonyms

Whalleya Wills & J.J.Bruhl

Walwhalleya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae.[1][2] All members use C3 photosynthesis [3]

It is native to the states of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria in Australia.[1]

Known species

As accepted by Kew:[1]

Taxonomy

The genus name of Walwhalleya is in honour of Ralph Derwyn Broughton Whalley (b. 1933), an Australian botanist and specialist in grasses.[4] [5] It was first described and published in Austral. Syst. Bot. Vol.19 on page 327 in 2006.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Walwhalleya Wills & J.J.Bruhl | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ^ Zuloaga F.O., Salariato D.L. & Scataglini A. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Panicum s. str. (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae) and insights into its biogeography and evolution PLoS ONE 13(2, e0191529): 1-39.
  3. ^ Wills, Karen E.; Whalley, R. D. B.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2000). "Systematic studies in Paniceae (Poaceae): Homopholis and Whalleya gen. et sp. nov". Australian Systematic Botany. 13 (3): 437. doi:10.1071/SB99007.
  4. ^ 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ Whalley, Ralph Derwyn Broughton (Wal). Biographical notes. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria[1]