Walwhalleya
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Walwhalleya Wills & J.J.Bruhl |
| Synonyms | |
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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[edit]
As accepted by Kew:[1]
- Walwhalleya jacobsiana R.D.B.Whalley & J.J.Bruhl
- Walwhalleya proluta (F.Muell.) Wills & J.J.Bruhl
- Walwhalleya pungens (Wills & J.J.Bruhl) Wills & J.J.Bruhl
- Walwhalleya subxerophila (Domin) Wills & J.J.Bruhl
Taxonomy[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Whalley, Ralph Derwyn Broughton (Wal). Biographical notes. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria[1]