Echinopogon

Echinopogon is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand.[1][3] They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.[4]

Echinopogon
Echinopogon caespitosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Echinopogoninae
Genus: Echinopogon
P.Beauv.
Type species
Agrostis ovata
(syn. of Echinopogon ovatus)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hystericina Steud.

They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.[5]

Species[2]
formerly included[2]

see Calamagrostis

  • Echinopogon gunnianus - Calamagrostis gunniana

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