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Pentapogon
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Pentapogon

Species:
P. quadrifidus
Binomial name
Pentapogon quadrifidus
(Labill.) Baill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Agrostis quadrifida Labill.
  • Pentapogon billardieri R.Br.
  • Stipa pentapogon F.Muell.
  • Pentapogon billardierei var. parviflorus Benth.
  • Pentapogon quadrifidus var. parviflorus (Benth.) D.I.Morris

Pentapogon is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.[2][3] The only known species is Pentapogon quadrifidus. It is native to every Australian State except Queensland, and is also naturalised on the South Island of New Zealand.[1][4][5][6] (A former Pentapogon species, Pentapogon drummondii, is now placed in Calamagrostis as Calamagrostis drummondii.)

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 173 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Pentapogon R. Br.
  4. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Pentapogon
  5. ^ Wilson, A. (ed.) (2009). Flora of Australia 44A: 1-410. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  6. ^ Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand , ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington