Rytidosperma setaceum

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Rytidosperma setaceum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Rytidosperma
Species:
R. setaceum
Binomial name
Rytidosperma setaceum
(R.Br.) Connor & Edgar [1]
Synonyms
  • Austrodanthonia setacea(R.Br.) H.P.Linder
  • Danthonia penicillata var. setacea(R.Br.) Rodway
  • Danthonia setaceaR.Br.
  • Danthonia subulataHook.f.
  • Notodanthonia setacea(R.Br.) Veldkamp

Rytidosperma setaceum, known by various common names including small-flowered wallaby-grass, mulga- or bristly wallaby-grass, is a species of grass native to Australia. Originally described by Robert Brown under the name Danthonia setacea, [2] it was transferred into Austrodanthonia by Hans Peter Linder in 1993 [3] and finally Rytidosperma in 2011. [1] [4]

From the earlier name, setacea means bristle or stiff hair. It is a species with short bristles and the smallest delicate in appearance of the wallaby grasses. [5]

It grows as a perennial clump, with flowering stems from 15 to 60 cm high. It flowers from September to December.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rytidosperma setaceum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. "Danthonia setacea R.Br". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  3. "Austrodanthonia setacea (R.Br.) H.P.Linder". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  4. Linder, H. Peter; Baeza, Marcelo; Barker, Nigel P.; Galley, Chloé; Humphreys, Aelys M.; Lloyd, Kelvin M.; Orlovich, David A.; Pirie, Michael D.; Simon, Bryan K.; Walsh, Neville; Verboom, G. Anthony (2010). "A Generic Classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae)1". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 97 (3): 306–364. doi:10.3417/2009006. S2CID   86082569.
  5. Bell, Una; Bell, Una (2008), Common native grasses of south-west WA, [Mundaring, Western Australia] [Una Bell], retrieved 29 October 2016, page 19.