Centrolepis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Restionaceae
Subfamilia: Centrolepidoideae
Genus: Centrolepis
Species: C. alepyroides - C. aristata - C. banksii - C. caespitosa - C. cambodiana - C. cephaloformis - C. ciliata - C. curta - C. drummondiana - C. eremica - C. exserta - C. fascicularis - C. glabra - C. humillima - C. inconspicua - C. monogyna - C. muscoides - C. mutica - C. pallida - C. pedderensis - C. phillipinensis - C. pilosa - C. polygyna - C. pusilla - C. alepyroides - C. aristata - C. asiatica - C. banksii - C. caespitosa - C. cambodiana - C. cephaloformis - C. ciliata - C. curta - C. drummondiana - C. eremica - C. exserta - C. fascicularis - C. glabra - C. humillima - C. inconspicua - C. miboroides - C. monogyna - C. muscoides - C. mutica - C. pallida - C. paludicola - C. pedderensis - C. phillipinensis - C. pilosa - C. polygyna - C. pusilla - C. racemosa – C. strigosa
Name

Centrolepis Labill.

Type species: C. fascicularis Labill.
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Alepyrum R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 253 (1810).
Alepyrum Hieron.
Devauxia R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 252 (1810).
Pseudalepyrum Dandy

References

Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1:7 (1804).
Cooke, D.A. (1992) A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis (Centrolepidaceae) in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 15 :1-64.

Centrolepis is a genus of small herbaceous plants in the family Restionaceae known as thorn grass scales, with about 25 species native to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and south-east Asia as far north as Hainan Dao.[1][2] APG III system classifies this genus in the Centrolepidaceae family.

Centrolepis species are all tufted plants with narrow leaves from the base. Flowers are tiny and wind-pollinated, in highly condensed inflorescences enclosed between a pair of bracts that often have leaf-like points.

Species[1]

Centrolepis alepyroides (Nees) Walp. - Avon + Darling in Western Australia
Centrolepis aristata (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. - Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales
Centrolepis banksii (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Hainan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia
Centrolepis caespitosa D.A.Cooke - Western Australia
Centrolepis cambodiana Hance - Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
Centrolepis cephaloformis Reader - Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria
Centrolepis ciliata (Hook.f.) Druce - New Zealand (North & South Is., Auckland Islands, Campbell Island)
Centrolepis curta D.A.Cooke - Western Australia
Centrolepis drummondiana (Nees) Walp - Western Australia, possibly South Australia
Centrolepis eremica D.A.Cooke - Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory
Centrolepis exserta (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
Centrolepis fascicularis Labill. - Australia (all 6 states but not NT), New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand (recorded once)
Centrolepis glabra (F.Muell. ex Sond.) Hieron. - New Zealand South Island, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales
Centrolepis humillima F.Muell. ex Benth. - Western Australia
Centrolepis inconspicua W.Fitzg. - Avon + Darling in Western Australia
Centrolepis milleri M.D.Barrett & D.D.Sokoloff - Western Australia
Centrolepis monogyna (Hook.f.) Benth. - Tasmania
Centrolepis muscoides (Hook.f.) Hieron. - Tasmania
Centrolepis mutica (R.Br.) Hieron. - Darling in Western Australia
Centrolepis pallida (Hook.f.) Cheeseman - New Zealand (North & South Islands, Auckland Islands, Campbell Island)
Centrolepis pedderensis W.M.Curtis - Tasmania
Centrolepis philippinensis Merr. - Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, New Guinea
Centrolepis pilosa Hieron. - Western Australia
Centrolepis polygyna (R.Br.) Hieron. - Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales
Centrolepis racemosa D.D.Sokoloff & Remizowa - Northern Territory
Centrolepis strigosa (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. - Australia (all 6 states but not NT), New Zealand;

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References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Cooke, D.A. (1992) A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis Labill. in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 15: 1-64.
Ford, Kerry A. (2014). "Centrolepidaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Brownsey, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand — Seed Plants. Fascicle 2". www.nzflora.info/index.html. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.