Echinopogon

Echinopogon is a genus of herbaceous plants belonging to the Poaceae family. It is native to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. It comprises 13 described species and of these, only 7 accepted.

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot de Beauvois and published in Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 42, 148, 161. 1812.

Etymology

Echinopogon generic name derived from the Greek equinos (hedgehog) and pogon (beard), referring to the inflorescence.

Cytology

Base number of the chromosome, x = 7. 2n = 42.

Accepted species

The following is a list of the species of the genus Echinopogon accepted up to July 2011, arranged alphabetically. For each one, the binomial name followed by the author is indicated, abbreviated according to conventions and uses.

• Echinopogon falls C.E. Hubb.
• Echinopogon cheelii C.E. Hubb.
• Echinopogon intermedius C.E. Hubb.
• Echinopogon mckiei C.E. Hubb.
• Echinopogon nutans C.E. Hubb.
• Echinopogon ovatus (G. Forst.) P. Beauv.
• Echinopogon phleoides C.E. Hubb.

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