Echinopogon

Echinopogon caespitosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Echinopogoninae
Genus: Echinopogon
Species: E. caespitosus – E. cheelii – E. intermedius – E. mckiei – E. nutans – E. ovatus – E. phleoides

Name

Echinopogon P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 42 (1812)

• Type species: Echinopogon ovatus (G.Forst.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 42 (1812)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Hystericina Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 35 (1853)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regionalː New Zealand Chatham Is., Lesser Sunda Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is. Regionalː Papuasia New Guinea Regionalː Australia New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. lxxiv + 182+ 16 pp. + xxv pl., Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page.  42, 148, 161.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 
• Peterson, P.M., Soreng, R.J., Romaschenko, K., Barberá, P., Quintanar, A., Aedo Pérez, C. & Saarela, J.M. 2022 publ. 2021. Phylogeny and biogeography of Calamagrostis (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae: Agrostidinae), description of a new genus, Condilorachia (Calothecinae), and expansion of Greeneochloa and Pentapogon (Echinopogoninae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 60(3): 570–590. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12819 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Echinopogon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec. 7. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Echinopogon. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 7.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Echinopogon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Dec. 2023. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Echinopogon. Published online. Accessed: 7 Dec. 2023. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: hedgehog grasses
• മലയാളം: എക്കിനോപോഗൺ

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