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
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) G.Forst.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Hystericina Steud.

They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.^[5]

Species^[2]

• Echinopogon caespitosus - bushy hedgehog grass, tufted hedgehog grass - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria
• Echinopogon cheelii - longflower hedgehog grass - New South Wales, Victoria
• Echinopogon intermedius - erect hedgehog grass - Queensland, New South Wales
• Echinopogon mckiei - New South Wales
• Echinopogon nutans - Queensland, New South Wales, New Guinea
• Echinopogon ovatus - forest hedgehog grass - New Guinea, Australia (all 6 states plus Norfolk Island), Lesser Sunda Islands, New Zealand (North + South + Chatham Islands)
• Echinopogon phleoides - Northern Tablelands of New South Wales

formerly included^[2]

see Calamagrostis

• Echinopogon gunnianus - Calamagrostis gunniana

References

1. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie page 42 description in Latin, commentary in French
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IX (9), figure V (5) line drawing of Echinopogon ovatus; figure captions in French on caption page 7
4. "Atlas of Living Australia, Echinopogon P.Beauv. Hedgehog Grasses". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
5. Echinopogon. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.

External links

• Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora