Dichelachne

Plumegrasses
Dichelachne crinita
Scientific classification
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) Endl.

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]}

• Dichelachne crinita - longhair plumegrass, clovenfoot plumegrass - Australia (incl Norfolk I), New Guinea, New Zealand (incl Chatham Is + Kermadec Is)
• Dichelachne hirtella - New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia
• Dichelachne inaequiglumis - Australia, New Zealand
• Dichelachne lautumia - South I of New Zealand
• Dichelachne micrantha - shorthair plumegrass - Australia (incl Norfolk I), New Guinea, New Zealand (North I + Kermadec Is), Rapa Iti, Easter I
• Dichelachne parva - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
• Dichelachne rara - Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Is
• Dichelachne robusta - New South Wales, Victoria
• Dichelachne sieberiana - Sieber's plumegrass - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania

Formerly included: ^[5]

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

• Dichelachne brachyathera - Calamagrostis brachyathera
• Dichelachne drummondiana - Lachnagrostis drummondiana
• Dichelachne proceraSteud. - Anemanthele lessoniana
• Dichelachne proceraTrin. & Rupr. - Oryzopsis lessoniana
• Dichelachne rigida - Anemanthele lessoniana
• Dichelachne setacea - Austrostipa setacea
• Dichelachne stipoides - Austrostipa stipoides

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. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. The Plant List search for Dichelachne