Australopyrum Explained

Australopyrum is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The genus Australopyrum is closely related to Agropyron, and some authors consider it part of that genus.^{[4] [5]}

Species^[6]

• • • • • Australopyrum calcis Connor & Edgar - New Zealand South Island Australopyrum pectinatum (Labill.) Á.Löve - Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania; naturalised in New Zealand Australopyrum retrofractum (Vickery) Á.Löve - New South Wales, Tasmania; naturalised in New Zealand North Island Australopyrum uncinatum Veldkamp - New Guinea Australopyrum velutinum (Nees) B.K.Simon - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

formerly included^[6] see Stenostachys

• Australopyrum enysii - Stenostachys enysii

Notes and References

1. Löve, Áskell 1984. Feddes Repertorium 95(7–8): 442
2. Web site: The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references . 2009-08-19 . Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. . 2008 . The Grass Genera of the World . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071120045514/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/australo.htm . 2007-11-20 .
3. Web site: Atlas of Living Australia, Australopyrum (Tzvelev) A.Love . 2015-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403124226/http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:396068#tab_classification . 2015-04-03 . dead .
4. Tzvelev, Nikolai Nikolaievich 1973. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshchikh Rastenii 10: 35
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Australopyrum The Plant List search for Australopyrum
6. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=397150 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families