Echinopogon facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Echinopogon |
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| Echinopogon caespitosus | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Clade: | BOP clade |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Echinopogoninae |
| Genus: | Echinopogon P.Beauv. |
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| Agrostis ovata (syn. of Echinopogon ovatus) G.Forst.
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Echinopogon is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand. They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.
They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.
- Echinopogon caespitosus - bushy hedgehog grass, tufted hedgehog grass - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria
- Echinopogon cheelii - longflower hedgehog grass - New South Wales, Victoria
- Echinopogon intermedius - erect hedgehog grass - Queensland, New South Wales
- Echinopogon mckiei - New South Wales
- Echinopogon nutans - Queensland, New South Wales, New Guinea
- Echinopogon ovatus - forest hedgehog grass - New Guinea, Australia (all 6 states plus Norfolk Island), Lesser Sunda Islands, New Zealand (North + South + Chatham Islands)
- Echinopogon phleoides - Northern Tablelands of New South Wales
see Calamagrostis
- Echinopogon gunnianus - Calamagrostis gunniana
See also
In Spanish: Echinopogon para niños
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