''Centrolepis'' 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 small herbaceous

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

s in the family

Restionaceae The Restionaceae, also called restiads and restios, are a family of flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere; they vary from a few centimeters to 3 meters in height. Following the APG IV (2016): the family now includes the former famil ...

known as thorn grass scales, with about 25 species native to

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, and south-east

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as far north as Hainan Dao.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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APG III system The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Published in 2009, it was superseded in 2016 by a f ...

classifies this genus in the

Centrolepidaceae Centrolepidaceae was a family of flowering plants now included in Restionaceae following APG IV (2016). The botanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists. The APG III system of 2009 recognized the family, as did the APG II system of ...

family. ''Centrolepis'' species are all tufted plants with narrow leaves from the base. Flowers are tiny and wind-pollinated, in highly condensed

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s enclosed between a pair of

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s that often have leaf-like points. ; Species * '' 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 ''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. APG III system c ...

'' 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 ''Centrolepis drummondiana'' is a species of plant in the Restionaceae family and is found in Western Australia. The annual herb has a tufted habit and typically grows to a height of . It blooms between September and November. It is found amo ...

'' (Nees) Walp - Western Australia, possibly South Australia * ''

Centrolepis eremica ''Centrolepis eremica'' is a species of plant in the Restionaceae family and is found in Western Australia. The annual herb has a tufted habit and typically forms a hemispherical mound approximately in width. It blooms between July and Septem ...

'' D.A.Cooke - Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory * ''

Centrolepis exserta ''Centrolepis exserta'' is a species of plant in the Restionaceae family and is found in Western Australia. The reddish annual herb has a tufted habit and typically grows to a height of . It blooms between April and August producing green-red- ...

'' (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland * ''

Centrolepis fascicularis ''Centrolepis fascicularis'' is a species of plant in the Restionaceae family. References fascicularis {{poales-stub ...

'' Labill. - Australia (all 6 states but not NT), New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand (recorded once) * ''

Centrolepis glabra ''Centrolepis glabra'', commonly known as smooth centrolepis, is a species of plant in the Restionaceae family. The annual herb has a tufted habit and typically grows to a height of . It blooms between September and November. In Western Austr ...

'' (F.Muell. ex Sond.) Hieron. - New Zealand South Island, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales * ''

Centrolepis humillima ''Centrolepis humillima'', commonly known as dwarf centrolepis, is a species of plant in the family Restionaceae and is found in Western Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland ...

'' F.Muell. ex Benth. - Western Australia * ''

Centrolepis inconspicua ''Centrolepis inconspicua'' is a species of plant in the Restionaceae family and is found in Western Australia. The minute annual herb has a tufted habit and typically grows to a height of approximately . It blooms between August and October. ...

'' W.Fitzg. - Avon + Darling in Western Australia * ''

Centrolepis milleri ''Centrolepis milleri'' is a species of plant in the Restionaceae family and is found in Western Australia. The annual herb is found in two small areas in Wheatbelt near Dandaragan and in the Great Southern near Albany. References {{Tax ...

'' M.D.Barrett & D.D.Sokoloff - Western Australia * ''

Centrolepis monogyna ''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. APG III system c ...

'' (Hook.f.) Benth. - Tasmania * ''

Centrolepis muscoides ''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. APG III system c ...

'' (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 ''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. APG III system class ...

'' 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

Poales genera Restionaceae {{Poales-stub