''Australopyrum'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of plants in the
grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
, native to
Australia,
New Zealand
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, and
New Guinea
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.
The genus ''Australopyrum'' is closely related to ''
Agropyron
''Agropyron'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America.
Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass.
; Species
* ''Agropyron badamense'' - Tajikistan, ...
,'' and some authors consider it part of that genus.
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; Species[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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* ''Australopyrum calcis
''Australopyrum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea.
The genus ''Australopyrum'' is closely related to ''Agropyron,'' and some authors consider it part of that genus.
; Species
* '' Austr ...
'' Connor & Edgar - New Zealand South Island
* '' Australopyrum pectinatum'' (Labill.) Á.Löve - Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
, Tasmania
)
, nickname =
, image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdi ...
; naturalised in New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
* ''Australopyrum retrofractum
''Australopyrum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea.
The genus ''Australopyrum'' is closely related to ''Agropyron,'' and some authors consider it part of that genus.
; Species
* ''Austra ...
'' (Vickery) Á.Löve - New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
, Tasmania
)
, nickname =
, image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdi ...
; naturalised in New Zealand North Island
* ''Australopyrum uncinatum
''Australopyrum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea.
The genus ''Australopyrum'' is closely related to ''Agropyron,'' and some authors consider it part of that genus.
; Species
* '' Austr ...
'' Veldkamp - New Guinea
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* ''Australopyrum velutinum
''Australopyrum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea.
The genus ''Australopyrum'' is closely related to ''Agropyron,'' and some authors consider it part of that genus.
; Species
* '' Austr ...
'' (Nees) B.K.Simon - New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
, Tasmania
)
, nickname =
, image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdi ...
, Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
; formerly included[
see '' Stenostachys''
* ''Australopyrum enysii - Stenostachys enysii''
]
References
Pooideae
Poaceae genera
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