Echinopogon

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Echinopogon
Echinopogon caespitosus.jpg
Echinopogon caespitosus
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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: Echinopogon
P.Beauv.
Type species
Agrostis ovata
(syn. of Echinopogon ovatus)
Synonyms [2]
  • HystericinaSteud.

Echinopogon is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand. [1] [3] They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses. [4]

They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles. [5]

Species [2]
formerly included [2]

see Calamagrostis

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