Centrolepis is a genus of small herbaceous plants in the family Restionaceae known as thorn grass scales, with about 25 species native to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and south-east Asia as far north as Hainan Dao.[1][2] APG III system classifies this genus in the Centrolepidaceae family.
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| Centrolepis fascicularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Restionaceae |
| Genus: | Centrolepis Labillardiere |
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Centrolepis species are all tufted plants with narrow leaves from the base. Flowers are tiny and wind-pollinated, in highly condensed inflorescences enclosed between a pair of bracts that often have leaf-like points.
- Species[1]
- Centrolepis alepyroides (Nees) Walp. - Avon + Darling in Western Australia
- Centrolepis aristata (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. - Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales
- Centrolepis banksii (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Hainan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia
- Centrolepis caespitosa D.A.Cooke - Western Australia
- Centrolepis cambodiana Hance - Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
- Centrolepis cephaloformis Reader - Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria
- Centrolepis ciliata (Hook.f.) Druce - New Zealand (North & South Is., Auckland Islands, Campbell Island)
- Centrolepis curta D.A.Cooke - Western Australia
- Centrolepis drummondiana (Nees) Walp - Western Australia, possibly South Australia
- Centrolepis eremica D.A.Cooke - Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory
- Centrolepis exserta (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
- Centrolepis fascicularis Labill. - Australia (all 6 states but not NT), New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand (recorded once)
- Centrolepis glabra (F.Muell. ex Sond.) Hieron. - New Zealand South Island, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales
- Centrolepis humillima F.Muell. ex Benth. - Western Australia
- Centrolepis inconspicua W.Fitzg. - Avon + Darling in Western Australia
- Centrolepis milleri M.D.Barrett & D.D.Sokoloff - Western Australia
- Centrolepis monogyna (Hook.f.) Benth. - Tasmania
- Centrolepis muscoides (Hook.f.) Hieron. - Tasmania
- Centrolepis mutica (R.Br.) Hieron. - Darling in Western Australia
- Centrolepis pallida (Hook.f.) Cheeseman - New Zealand (North & South Islands, Auckland Islands, Campbell Island)
- Centrolepis pedderensis W.M.Curtis - Tasmania
- Centrolepis philippinensis Merr. - Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, New Guinea
- Centrolepis pilosa Hieron. - Western Australia
- Centrolepis polygyna (R.Br.) Hieron. - Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales
- Centrolepis racemosa D.D.Sokoloff & Remizowa - Northern Territory
- Centrolepis strigosa (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. - Australia (all 6 states but not NT), New Zealand;
References edit
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Cooke, D.A. (1992) A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis Labill. in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 15: 1-64.
- ^ Ford, Kerry A. (2014). "Centrolepidaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Brownsey, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand — Seed Plants. Fascicle 2". www.nzflora.info/index.html. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
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