Dichelachne

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Plumegrasses
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Dichelachne crinita
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Echinopogoninae
Genus: Dichelachne
Endl. [1]
Type species
Dichelachne montana
(syn of D. micrantha)

Dichelachne is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses. [2] [3] [4]

Species

The genus includes the following species: [5] [6]

Formerly included: [5]

See Anemanthele, Austrostipa, Calamagrostis, Lachnagrostis, and Oryzopsis .

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References

  1. Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus 1833. Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae 20-21 in Latin
  2. Dichelachne. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Veldkamp, J.F. 1974. A taxonomic revision of Dichelachne Endl. (Gramineae) with some new combination in Stipa L. and Oryzopsis. Blumea 22(1): 5–12.
  5. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. The Plant List search for Dichelachne