Spartochloa
Genus of grasses
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Spartochloa is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4] The only known species is Spartochloa scirpoidea, found only in the southern part of Western Australia.[1][5]
| Spartochloa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Cyperochloeae |
| Genus: | Spartochloa C.E.Hubb. |
| Species: | S. scirpoidea |
| Binomial name | |
| Spartochloa scirpoidea | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The species was first described by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1854 as Bryzopyrum scirpoideum.[6][7]