Chimaerochloa

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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| genus = Chimaerochloa

| parent_authority = H.P.Linder

| species = archboldii

| authority = (Hitchc.) Pirie & H.P. Linder

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| synonyms = Danthonia archboldii Hitchc.

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Chimaerochloa is a genus of New Guinean plants in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39908438#page/356/mode/1up Linder, Hans Peter. 2010. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3): 346–347, figure 14][http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100364859 Tropicos, Chimaerochloa H.P. Linder ]

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".{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}

The genus was circumscribed by Hans Peter Linder in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol.97 (Issue 3) on page 346 in 2010.