Zygochloa
Sandhill canegrass | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Supertribe: | Panicodae |
Tribe: | Paniceae |
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Genus: | Zygochloa S.T.Blake |
Species: | Z. paradoxa
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Binomial name | |
Zygochloa paradoxa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Zygochloa is a genus of desert plants in the grass family known only from Australia.[2][3][4][5] The only known species is Zygochloa paradoxa, commonly known as sandhill canegrass. It occurs in extremely arid areas such as the Simpson Desert.[1][6][7]
References[]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Blake, Stanley Thatcher. 1941. Papers from the Department of Biology, University of Queensland Papers 1(19): 7-8, figure 3
- ^ Tropicos, Zygochloa S.T. Blake
- ^ Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia, Zygochloa
- ^ Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. The grass genera of the world Archived November 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references. Version: 28 November 2005
- ^ The Plant List Zygochloa paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia
Categories:
- Panicoideae
- Poales of Australia
- Monotypic Poaceae genera
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of South Australia
- Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
- Panicoideae stubs
- Australian plant stubs