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Rytidosperma

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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]

Species[1][4][5]
formerly included[1]

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Rytidosperma
Rytidosperma pilosum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Tribe: Danthonieae
Genus: Rytidosperma
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Type species
Rytidosperma lechleri
Synonyms[1]
  • Monostachya Merr.
  • Erythranthera Zotov
  • Notodanthonia Zotov
  • Pyrrhanthera Zotov
  • Joycea H.P.Linder
  • Thonandia H.P.Linder
  • Austrodanthonia H.P.Linder
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see Merxmuellera Tenaxia

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

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