''Australopyrum'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of plants in the

grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...

, native to Australia, New Zealand, and

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. The genus ''Australopyrum'' is closely related to '' Agropyron,'' and some authors consider it part of that genus.The Plant List search for ''Australopyrum''
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/ref> * '' Australopyrum calcis'' Connor & Edgar - New Zealand South Island * '' Australopyrum pectinatum'' (Labill.) Á.Löve -

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; naturalised in New Zealand * '' Australopyrum retrofractum'' (Vickery) Á.Löve - New South Wales, Tasmania; naturalised in New Zealand North Island * '' Australopyrum uncinatum'' Veldkamp - New Guinea * '' Australopyrum velutinum'' (Nees) B.K.Simon - New South Wales, Tasmania,

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; formerly included see '' Stenostachys'' * ''Australopyrum enysii -

Stenostachys enysii ''Stenostachys'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found only in New Zealand. It is sometimes included in the genus ''Elymus (plant), Elymus''. ; Species * ''Stenostachys deceptorix'' Connor - South Island * ''Stenostachys enys ...

References

Pooideae Poaceae genera {{Pooideae-stub