Moliniopsis japonica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: |
Moliniopsis Hayata |
Species: | M. japonica
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Binomial name | |
Moliniopsis japonica (Hack.) Hayata
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Synonyms | |
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Moliniopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae. [1] It just contains one species, Moliniopsis japonica (Hack.) Hayata. [2]
It is native to south-east China, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands (Russian Island) and Sakhalin (Russian Island). [2]
The genus name of Moliniopsis is in honour of Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829), was a Chilean Jesuit priest, naturalist, historian, translator, geographer, botanist, ornithologist, and linguist. [3] The Latin specific epithet of japonica means "of Japan". [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) Vol.39 on page 258 in 1925. [1] [2]