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