Kerriochloa

Kerriochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Subtribe:	Ischaeminae
Genus:	Kerriochloa; C.E.Hubb.
Species:	K. siamensis
Binomial name
	Kerriochloa siamensis; C.E.Hubb.
Synonyms
	Ischaemum siamense (C.E.Hubb.) Roberty; Kerriochloa siamensis var. dalatensis A.Camus; Kerriochloa siamensis var. sabulicola A.Camus;

Kerriochloa is a genus of Southeast Asian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Kerriochloa siamensis, native to Thailand and Vietnam.

The genus name of Kerriochloa is in honour of Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942), an Irish medical doctor. The Latin specific epithet of siamensis means coming from Siam (the old name for Thailand. Both genus and species were first described and published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. Vol.35 on table 3494 in 1950.

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