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Rytidosperma

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Rytidosperma is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species occur in Australasia, with a few in insular Southeast Asia, southern South America (Chile, Argentina), and certain islands of the Pacific (Hawaii, Easter Island). Several are known by the general common name wallaby grass.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Easter Is., Jawa, Kermadec Is., New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
243
With media
130
Family
Poaceae
Collections
US, MEL
Recorded in
Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, Chile

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Poaceae
Image
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taxon name
Rytidosperma
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Rytidosperma
taxon common name
wallaby grass
Commons category
Rytidosperma
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Rytidosperma is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species occur in Australasia, with a few in insular Southeast Asia, southern South America (Chile, Argentina), and certain islands of the Pacific (Hawaii, Easter Island). Several are known by the general common name wallaby grass. Species formerly included see Merxmuellera Tenaxia Rytidosperma davyi - Merxmuellera davyi Rytidosperma distichum - Tenaxia disticha Rytidosperma grandiflorum - Merxmuellera grandiflora Rytidosperma subulatum - Tenaxia subulata

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rytidosperma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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