Dichelachne

Plumegrasses
Dichelachne crinita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:
Genus:	Dichelachne Endl.[1]
Type species
(syn of D. micrantha) Endl.

Dichelachne is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.^[2][3][4]

Species[]

The genus includes the following species:^[5][6]

• Dichelachne crinita - longhair plumegrass, clovenfoot plumegrass - Australia (incl Norfolk I), New Guinea, New Zealand (incl Chatham Is + Kermadec Is)
• - New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia
• - Australia, New Zealand
• - South I of New Zealand
• - shorthair plumegrass - Australia (incl Norfolk I), New Guinea, New Zealand (North I + Kermadec Is), Rapa Iti, Easter I
• - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
• Dichelachne rara - Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Is
• - New South Wales, Victoria
• - Sieber's plumegrass - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania

Formerly included:^[5]

See Anemanthele, Austrostipa, Calamagrostis, Lachnagrostis, and Oryzopsis.

• Dichelachne brachyathera -
• Dichelachne drummondiana -
• Dichelachne procera Steud. - Anemanthele lessoniana
• Dichelachne procera Trin. & Rupr. - Oryzopsis lessoniana
• Dichelachne rigida - Anemanthele lessoniana
• Dichelachne setacea - Austrostipa setacea
• Dichelachne stipoides - Austrostipa stipoides

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