Austrostipa hemipogon

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Austrostipa hemipogon
Austrostipa hemipogon - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Austrostipa
Species:
A. hemipogon
Binomial name
Austrostipa hemipogon
(Benth.) &
Synonyms[1]
  • Stipa hemipogon Benth.

Austrostipa hemipogon is a tufted, perennial grass (a member of the family Poaceae.[2] It is native to Australia, and found in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania.[1]

It was first described as Stipa hemipogon by George Bentham in 1878 from a specimen collected in Western Australia by James Drummond[3][4] and in 1996 was transferred to the genus, Austrostipa, by and .[3][5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Austrostipa hemipogon (Benth.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Austrostipa hemipogon". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. ^ a b "Austrostipa hemipogon". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. ^ George Bentham (1878). "CXLIV Graminae". Flora Australiensis. 7: 569. Wikidata Q104260725.
  5. ^ S.W.L. Jacobs; J. Everett (1996). "Austrostipa, a new genus, and new names for the Australasian species formerly included in Stipa (Gramineae)". Telopea. 6 (4): 586. ISSN 0312-9764. Wikidata Q104256929.


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