''Chimaerochloa'' is a genus of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
n plants in the
grass family.
The genus name of ''Chimaerochloa'' is named after
Chimera (mythology) as Linder noted; "the grass takes an the appearance of different genera, depending on which character set is investigated. Thus, it can be regarded as a grass that changes its appearance, a chimaera".
The genus was
circumscribed by
Hans Peter Linder in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.97 (Issue 3) on page 346 in 2010.
Species
The only known species is ''Chimaerochloa archboldii''.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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References
Danthonioideae
Endemic flora of New Guinea
Grasses of Oceania
Monotypic Poaceae genera
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