Rytidosperma

Rytidosperma
Rytidosperma pilosum
Scientific classification
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]
MonostachyaMerr. ErythrantheraZotov NotodanthoniaZotov PyrrhantheraZotov JoyceaH.P.Linder ThonandiaH.P.Linder AustrodanthoniaH.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]}

• Rytidosperma acerosum (Western Australia)
• Rytidosperma alpicola (New South Wales, Victoria)
• Rytidosperma auriculatum - Lobed wallaby-grass (South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria)
• Rytidosperma australe (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
• Rytidosperma biannulare
• Rytidosperma bipartitum - Leafy wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma bonthainicum
• Rytidosperma buchananii
• Rytidosperma caespitosum - Common wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma carphoides - Short wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma clavatum
• Rytidosperma clelandii
• Rytidosperma corinum
• Rytidosperma craigii
• Rytidosperma dendeniwae
• Rytidosperma diemenicum
• Rytidosperma dimidiatum
• Rytidosperma duttonianum - Brown-back wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma erianthum - Hill wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma exiguum
• Rytidosperma fortunae-hibernae
• Rytidosperma fulvum - Copper-awned wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma geniculatum - Kneed wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma gracile
• Rytidosperma horrens
• Rytidosperma indutum - Shiny wallaby-grass, yellow-anther wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma irianense
• Rytidosperma javanicum
• Rytidosperma laeve - Smooth wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma lechleri
• Rytidosperma lepidopodum - Scaly-foot wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma longifolium
• Rytidosperma maculatum
• Rytidosperma mamberamense
• Rytidosperma merum
• Rytidosperma monticola - Small-flower wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma montis-wilhelmi
• Rytidosperma nardifolium
• Rytidosperma nigricans
• Rytidosperma nitens
• Rytidosperma nivicola
• Rytidosperma nudiflorum
• Rytidosperma nudum
• Rytidosperma occidentale
• Rytidosperma oreoboloides
• Rytidosperma oreophilum
• Rytidosperma pallidum - Red-anther wallaby-grass, silvertop wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma paschale
• Rytidosperma pauciflorum
• Rytidosperma penicillatum - Weeping wallaby-grass, slender wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma petrosum
• Rytidosperma pictum
• Rytidosperma pilosum - Velvet wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma popinensis
• Rytidosperma pulchrum
• Rytidosperma pumilum
• Rytidosperma quirihuense
• Rytidosperma racemosum - Slender wallaby-grass, striped wallaby-grass, clustered wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma remotum
• Rytidosperma richardsonii
• Rytidosperma semiannulare - Wetland wallaby-grass, Tasmanian wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma setaceum - Bristly wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma setifolium
• Rytidosperma sorianoi
• Rytidosperma telematicum
• Rytidosperma tenue
• Rytidosperma tenuius - Purplish wallaby-grass
• Rytidosperma thomsonii
• Rytidosperma unarede
• Rytidosperma vestitum
• Rytidosperma vickeryae
• Rytidosperma violaceum
• Rytidosperma virescens
• Rytidosperma viride

formerly included ^[1]

see Merxmuellera Tenaxia

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

References

1. "Rytidosperma". Plants of the World Online | Kew Science. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
2. "Rytidosperma". Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
3. "Rytidosperma". USDA Plants Database. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
4. "ITIS - Report: Rytidosperma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
5. "Rytidosperma". The Plant List. Retrieved 2023-05-24.