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Echinopogon
Sign in to saveEchinopogon is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand. They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.
Species
Hedgehog Grass
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- A, US, MEL, BRIT, VT, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Australia, France, United Kingdom, Italy
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Echinopogon is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand. They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.
They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles. Species Echinopogon caespitosus - bushy hedgehog grass, tufted hedgehog grass - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria Echinopogon cheelii - longflower hedgehog grass - New South Wales, Victoria Echinopogon intermedius - erect hedgehog grass - Queensland, New South Wales Echinopogon mckiei - New South Wales Echinopogon nutans - Queensland, New South Wales, New Guinea Echinopogon ovatus - forest hedgehog grass - New Guinea, Australia (all 6 states plus Norfolk Island), Lesser Sunda Islands, New Zealand (North + South + Chatham Islands) Echinopogon phleoides - Northern Tablelands of New South Wales formerly included see Calamagrostis Echinopogon gunnianus - Calamagrostis gunniana
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Echinopogon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.