Chionochloa in the foreground

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Danthonioideae
Tribus: Danthonieae
Genus: Chionochloa
Species: C. acicularis C. antarctica C. australis C. beddiei C. bromoides C. cheesemanii C. conspicua C. crassiuscula C. defracta C. flavescens C. flavicans C. frigida C. howensis C. juncea C. lanea C. macra C. nivifera C. oreophila C. ovata C. pallens C. rigida C. rubra C. spiralis C. teretifolia C. vireta

Name

Chionochloa Zotov, New Zealand J. Bot. 1: 87 (1963)

  • Type species: Chionochloa rigida (Raoul) Zotov, New Zealand J. Bot. 1: 96. (1963)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Australia
      • Norfolk Islands, New South Wales.
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • Antipodean Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Snow Grasses, New Zealand Tussock Grasses
suomi: Lumiheinät
Māori: Hunangamoho
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