Fine Art

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Danthonioideae
Genus: Rytidosperma
Species: (73)
R. acerosum – R. alpicola – R. auriculatum – R. australe – R. biannulare – R. bipartitum – R. bonthainicum – R. buchananii – R. caespitosum – R. carphoides – R. clavatum – R. clelandii – R. corinum – R. craigii – R. dendeniwae – R. diemenicum – R. dimidiatum – R. duttonianum – R. erianthum – R. exiguum – R. fortunae-hibernae – R. fulvum – R. geniculatum – R. gracile – R. horrens – R. indutum – R. irianense – R. javanicum – R. laeve – R. lechleri – R. lepidopodum – R. longifolium – R. maculatum – R. mamberamense – R. merum – R. monticola – R. montis-wilhelmii – R. nardifolium – R. nigricans – R. nitens – R. nivicola – R. nudiflorum – R. nudum – R. occidentale – R. oreoboloides – R. oreophilum – R. pallidum – R. paschale – R. pauciflorum – R. penicillatum – R. petrosum – R. pictum – R. pilosum – R. pulchrum – R. pumilum – R. quirihuense – R. racemosum – R. remotum – R. richardsonii – R. semiannulare – R. setaceum – R. setifolium – R. sorianoi – R. telematicum – R. tenue – R. tenuius – R. thomsonii – R. unarede – R. vestitum – R. vickeryae – R. violaceum – R. virescens – R. viride
Name

Rytidosperma Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 425 (1854)
Type species: Rytidosperma lechleri Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 425 (1854)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Monostachya Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 330 (1910).
Erythranthera Zotov, New Zealand J. Bot. 1: 124 (1963).
Notodanthonia Zotov, New Zealand J. Bot. 1: 104, 122 (1963).
Pyrrhanthera Zotov, New Zealand J. Bot. 1: 125 (1963)
Karroochloa Conert & Türpe, Senckenberg. Biol. 50: 290 (1969).
Joycea H.P.Linder, Telopea 6: 611 (1996).
Thonandia H.P.Linder, Telopea 6: 612 (1996).
Austrodanthonia H.P.Linder, Telopea 7: 269 (1997).

References

Steudel, E.G. von (1854) Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 425.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Rytidosperma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Jan. 28. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Rytidosperma. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
Tropicos.org 2013. Rytidosperma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Rytidosperma. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.
GBIF.

Vernacular names
English: Wallaby Grass

Rytidosperma is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species occur in Australasia, with a few in insular Southeast Asia, southern South America (Chile + Argentina), and certain islands of the Pacific (Hawaii + Easter Island).[2] Several are known by the general common name wallaby grass.[3]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rytidosperma.

Species[1][4][5]

Rytidosperma acerosum (Western Australia)
Rytidosperma alpicola (New South Wales, Victoria)
Rytidosperma auriculatum - Lobed wallaby-grass (South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria)
Rytidosperma australe (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
Rytidosperma biannulare
Rytidosperma bipartitum - Leafy wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma bonthainicum
Rytidosperma buchananii
Rytidosperma caespitosum - Common wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma carphoides - Short wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma clavatum
Rytidosperma clelandii
Rytidosperma corinum
Rytidosperma craigii
Rytidosperma dendeniwae
Rytidosperma diemenicum
Rytidosperma dimidiatum
Rytidosperma duttonianum - Brown-back wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma erianthum - Hill wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma exiguum
Rytidosperma fortunae-hibernae
Rytidosperma fulvum - Copper-awned wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma geniculatum - Kneed wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma gracile
Rytidosperma horrens
Rytidosperma indutum - Shiny wallaby-grass, yellow-anther wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma irianense
Rytidosperma javanicum
Rytidosperma laeve - Smooth wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma lechleri
Rytidosperma lepidopodum - Scaly-foot wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma longifolium
Rytidosperma maculatum
Rytidosperma mamberamense
Rytidosperma merum
Rytidosperma monticola - Small-flower wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma montis-wilhelmi
Rytidosperma nardifolium
Rytidosperma nigricans
Rytidosperma nitens
Rytidosperma nivicola
Rytidosperma nudiflorum
Rytidosperma nudum
Rytidosperma occidentale
Rytidosperma oreoboloides
Rytidosperma oreophilum
Rytidosperma pallidum - Red-anther wallaby-grass, silvertop wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma paschale
Rytidosperma pauciflorum
Rytidosperma penicillatum - Weeping wallaby-grass, slender wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma petrosum
Rytidosperma pictum
Rytidosperma pilosum - Velvet wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma popinensis
Rytidosperma pulchrum
Rytidosperma pumilum
Rytidosperma quirihuense
Rytidosperma racemosum - Slender wallaby-grass, striped wallaby-grass, clustered wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma remotum
Rytidosperma richardsonii
Rytidosperma semiannulare - Wetland wallaby-grass, Tasmanian wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma setaceum - Bristly wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma setifolium
Rytidosperma sorianoi
Rytidosperma telematicum
Rytidosperma tenue
Rytidosperma tenuius - Purplish wallaby-grass
Rytidosperma thomsonii
Rytidosperma unarede
Rytidosperma vestitum
Rytidosperma vickeryae
Rytidosperma violaceum
Rytidosperma virescens
Rytidosperma viride

formerly included[1]

see Merxmuellera Tenaxia

Rytidosperma davyi - Merxmuellera davyi
Rytidosperma distichum - Tenaxia disticha
Rytidosperma grandiflorum - Merxmuellera grandiflora
Rytidosperma subulatum - Tenaxia subulata

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Rytidosperma. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora.
Rytidosperma. USDA PLANTS Profile.
Rytidosperma. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
The Plant List search for Rytidosperma

Plants, Fine Art Prints

Plants Images

Biology Encyclopedia

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Home - Hellenica World