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 Australian, Indonesian, and
Pacific Island
The Pacific islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are further categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Depending on the context, the term ''Pacific Islands'' may refer to one of several ...
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 ...
. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.''Dichelachne''. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
Dichelachne hirtella
''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
,
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
,
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
* ''
Dichelachne inaequiglumis
''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Dichelachne lautumia
''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.South I of New Zealand
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Dichelachne micrantha
''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.North I + Kermadec Is),
Rapa Iti
Rapa, also called Rapa Iti, or "Little Rapa", to distinguish it from Easter Island, whose Polynesian name is Rapa Nui, is the largest and only inhabited island of the Bass Islands in French Polynesia. An older name for the island is Oparo. Th ...
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, New South Wales, Victoria,
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
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Dichelachne rara
''Dichelachne rara'' is a species of grass found in Australia and New Zealand. It is often seen in woodland on better quality soils. The grass may grow up to tall. The specific epithet ''rara'' is derived from Latin
Latin ( or ) is a cla ...
'' - Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Is
* '' Dichelachne robusta'' - New South Wales, Victoria
* '' Dichelachne sieberiana'' - Sieber's plumegrass - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
Formerly included:
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Anemanthele
''Anemanthele'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to New Zealand.
The only known species is ''Anemanthele lessoniana'', often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass. This is a naturally rare g ...
,
Austrostipa
''Austrostipa'' is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.
The genus includes species formerly included in the genus ''Stipa
''Stipa'' is a genus of 141 species of large Perennial plant, per ...
,
Calamagrostis
''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' general ...
Oryzopsis
''Oryzopsis'' is a genus of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family. Species from this genus are commonly called ricegrass.Calamagrostis brachyathera''
* ''Dichelachne drummondiana -
Lachnagrostis drummondiana
''Lachnagrostis'' is a genus of African, Australian, Pacific Island, and South American plants in the grass family. They are often treated as members of genus ''Agrostis''.
; SpeciesRúgolo de Agrasar, Z. & A. M. Molina. 2002. El género ''Lachn ...
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* ''Dichelachne procera'' Steud. - ''
Anemanthele lessoniana
''Anemanthele'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to New Zealand.
The only known species is ''Anemanthele lessoniana'', often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass. This is a naturally rare gra ...
Anemanthele lessoniana
''Anemanthele'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to New Zealand.
The only known species is ''Anemanthele lessoniana'', often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass. This is a naturally rare gra ...
Austrostipa stipoides
''Austrostipa stipoides'', commonly known as prickly spear-grass or coast spear-grass, is a kind of tussock grass native to the coasts of south-eastern Australia and of New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwest ...