Biology:Rytidosperma

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Rytidosperma
Rytidosperma pilosum.jpg
Rytidosperma pilosum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Tribe: Danthonieae
Genus: Rytidosperma
Steud.
Type species
Rytidosperma lechleri
Steud.
Synonyms[1]
  • Monostachya Merr.
  • Erythranthera Zotov
  • Notodanthonia Zotov
  • Pyrrhanthera Zotov
  • Joycea H.P.Linder
  • Thonandia H.P.Linder
  • Austrodanthonia H.P.Linder

Rytidosperma is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species occur in Australasia, with a few in insular Southeast Asia, southern South America (Chile + Argentina ), and certain islands of the Pacific (Hawaii + Easter Island).[2] Several are known by the general common name wallaby grass.[3]

Species[1][4][5]


formerly included[1]

see Merxmuellera Tenaxia

  • Rytidosperma davyi - Merxmuellera davyi
  • Rytidosperma distichum - Tenaxia disticha
  • Rytidosperma grandiflorum - Merxmuellera grandiflora
  • Rytidosperma subulatum - Tenaxia subulata

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2142972 entry