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]

Echinopogon
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]
  • Hystericina Steud.

They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.[5]

Species[2]
formerly included[2]

see Calamagrostis

References

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  1. ^ a b Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie page 42 description in Latin, commentary in French
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IX (9), figure V (5) line drawing of Echinopogon ovatus; figure captions in French on caption page 7
  4. ^ "Atlas of Living Australia, Echinopogon P.Beauv. Hedgehog Grasses". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  5. ^ Echinopogon. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
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