Biology:Pentapogon

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Pentapogon
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Echinopogoninae
Genus: Pentapogon
R.Br.
Species:
P. quadrifidus
Binomial name
Pentapogon quadrifidus
(Labill.) Baill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Agrostis quadrifida Labill.
  • Pentapogon billardieri R.Br.
  • Stipa pentapogon F.Muell.
  • Pentapogon billardierei var. parviflorus Benth.
  • Pentapogon quadrifidus var. parviflorus (Benth.) D.I.Morris

Pentapogon is a genus of Australia n plants in the grass family.[2][3] The only known species is Pentapogon quadrifidus. It is native to every Australia n State except Queensland, and is also naturalised on the South Island of New Zealand.[1][4][5][6] (A former Pentapogon species, Pentapogon drummondii, is now placed in Calamagrostis as Calamagrostis drummondii.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 173 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Pentapogon R. Br.
  4. Atlas of Living Australia, Pentapogon
  5. Wilson, A. (ed.) (2009). Flora of Australia 44A: 1-410. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  6. Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand , ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington

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