Walwhalleya

Walwhalleya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae, subfamily Panicoideae and the tribe Paniceae.^[1][2] All members use C3 photosynthesis ^[3]

Walwhalleya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Walwhalleya Wills & J.J.Bruhl
Synonyms
Whalleya Wills & J.J.Bruhl

It is native to the states of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria in Australia.^[1]

Known species

As accepted by Kew:^[1]

• Walwhalleya jacobsiana R.D.B.Whalley & J.J.Bruhl
• Walwhalleya proluta (F.Muell.) Wills & J.J.Bruhl
• Walwhalleya pungens (Wills & J.J.Bruhl) Wills & J.J.Bruhl
• Walwhalleya subxerophila (Domin) Wills & J.J.Bruhl

Taxonomy

The genus name of Walwhalleya is in honour of Ralph Derwyn Broughton Whalley (b. 1933), an Australian botanist and specialist in grasses.^{[4] [5]} It was first described and published in Austral. Syst. Bot. Vol.19 on page 327 in 2006.^[1]