Genus Nurmonia

An anagram of Munronia, after William Munro (1818–1880), English military officer and plant collector. He rose through the ranks from being an ensign in 1834 to becoming a general in 1878, serving in India, Gibraltar, the Crimea, Canada, the Caribbean, Bermuda and the Windward and Leeward islands. From an early age he had an interest in collecting plants. His nine publications include Hortus Bangalorensis (1837), Hortus Agrensis (1844), On Antidotes to Snake Bites (1848), Report of the Timber Trees of Bengal (1849) and A Monograph of the Bambusaceae (1868), describing the 219 bamboo species then known. He became perhaps the greatest authority on grasses of his day, identifying grasses from around the world for many of the great botanists. About a dozen or so were new to science.