''Poa triodioides'',
synonyms
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including ''Austrofestuca littoralis'', is a
species
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of
flowering plant
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in the grass family
Poaceae
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,
native
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to southwestern and southeastern Australia and to New Zealand.
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Taxonomy
The species was first described by Jacques Labillardière
Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (28 October 1755 – 8 January 1834) was a French biologist noted for his descriptions of the flora of Australia. Labillardière was a member of a voyage in search of the Jean-François de Galaup, comte ...
in 1805 as ''Festuca littoralis''. It was subsequently placed in several other genera. It was first transferred to ''Poa
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of Poaceae, grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand spe ...
'' in 1864 by Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of the Ro ...
, but under the illegitimate name
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''Poa littoralis'',[ which had already been used for a different species.][ It was transferred to ''Arundo'' in 1836 by ]Carl Bernhard von Trinius
Carl Bernhard von Trinius (6 March 1778, Eisleben – 12 March 1844, St. Petersburg) was a German-born botanist and physician.
He studied medicine at several universities, earning his medical doctorate at the University of Göttingen in 180 ...
as ''Arundo triodioides''.[ (''Arundo littoralis'' had already been used.][ In 1976, Evgenii Alexeev placed it in his new genus ''Austrofestuca'', which he had elevated from a section of ''Festuca'', as ''Austrofestuca littoralis''.][ ''A. littoralis'' was at one time the only species in the genus. ''Austrofestuca'' has since been treated as a synonym of ''Poa''.][
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References
triodioides
Flora of Australia
Flora of New Zealand
Grasses of Oceania
Plants described in 1805
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