Moliniopsis
Species of grass
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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]
| Moliniopsis japonica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Moliniopsis Hayata |
| Species: | M. japonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Moliniopsis japonica (Hack.) Hayata | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]