# Merxmuellera

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{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
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| taxon = Merxmuellera
| authority = Conert
| type_species_authority = (C.E.Hubb.) Conert. 
| type_species = ''[Merxmuellera davyi](/source/Merxmuellera_davyi)'' 
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'''''Merxmuellera''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of African [grasses](/source/Poaceae)<ref>Conert, Hans Joachim. 1970.  Senckenbergiana Biologica 51(1–2): 129-133</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40017566 Tropicos, ''Merxmuellera'' Conert ]</ref>
named for [Hermann Merxmueller](/source/Hermann_Merxmueller), a 20th-century German botanist and taxonomist who was an expert on African flora.

==Species==
''Merxmuellera'' contains the following species:<ref name=c>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=424121 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
* ''[Merxmuellera ambalavaoensis](/source/Merxmuellera_ambalavaoensis)'' <small>(A.Camus) Conert</small> - [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar)
* ''[Merxmuellera davyi](/source/Merxmuellera_davyi)'' <small>(C.E.Hubb.) Conert</small> - [Malawi](/source/Malawi), [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), [Limpopo](/source/Limpopo)
* ''[Merxmuellera drakensbergensis](/source/Merxmuellera_drakensbergensis)'' <small>(Schweick.) Conert</small> - [Cape Province](/source/Cape_Province), [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho), [Free State](/source/Free_State_(province)), [KwaZulu-Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal), [Mpumalanga](/source/Mpumalanga), Limpopo
*''[Merxmuellera grandiflora](/source/Merxmuellera_grandiflora)'' <small>(Hochst. ex A.Rich.) H.P.Linder</small> - [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia)
* ''[Merxmuellera macowanii](/source/Merxmuellera_macowanii)'' <small>(Stapf) Conert</small> - Cape Province, Lesotho, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Madagascar
* ''[Merxmuellera stereophylla](/source/Merxmuellera_stereophylla)'' <small>(J.G.Anderson) Conert</small> - Lesotho, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
* ''[Merxmuellera tsaratananensis](/source/Merxmuellera_tsaratananensis)'' <small>(A.Camus) Conert</small> - Madagascar

===Formerly included===
{{see also|Capeochloa|Ellisochloa|Geochloa|Tenaxia}}
''Merxmuellera'' formerly contained the following species:<ref name=c/>
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* ''M. arundinacea - [Capeochloa arundinacea](/source/Capeochloa_arundinacea)''  
* ''M. aureocephala - [Tenaxia aureocephala](/source/Tenaxia_aureocephala)'' 
* ''M. cincta - [Capeochloa cincta](/source/Capeochloa_cincta)''  
* ''M. decora - [Geochloa decora](/source/Geochloa_decora)''  
* ''M. disticha - [Tenaxia disticha](/source/Tenaxia_disticha)''  
* ''M. dura - [Tenaxia dura](/source/Tenaxia_dura)''  
* ''M. guillarmodiae - [Tenaxia guillarmodiae](/source/Tenaxia_guillarmodiae)''  
* ''M. lupulina - [Geochloa lupulina](/source/Geochloa_lupulina)''  
* ''M. papposa - [Ellisochloa papposa](/source/Ellisochloa_papposa)''  
* ''M. rangei - [Ellisochloa rangei](/source/Ellisochloa_rangei)''  
* ''M. rufa - [Geochloa rufa](/source/Geochloa_rufa)''  
* ''M. setacea - [Capeochloa setacea](/source/Capeochloa_setacea)''  
* ''M. stricta - [Tenaxia stricta](/source/Tenaxia_stricta)'' 
}}

==See also==
*[List of Poaceae genera](/source/List_of_Poaceae_genera)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Danthonioideae
Category:Poaceae genera
Category:Taxa named by Charles Edward Hubbard

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