Austrostipa Explained

Austrostipa is a primarily Australian genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called speargrass.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The genus includes species formerly included in the genus Stipa. All known species are native to Australia, most of them found nowhere else. One species (A. variabilis) is, however, found in South Africa as well as in Australia, and two species (A. setacea + A. stipoides) are native to Australia and New Zealand.^[5] The group likely originated in Australia approximately 20 million years ago.^[6]

Species^{[7] [8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Jacobs, Surrey Wilfrid Laurance & Everett, Joy 1996. Telopea 6: 579–595
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/20110606065813/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/au_stipa.htm . 2011-06-06 .
3. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=AUSTROSTIPA Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): Austrostipa
4. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&search=yes&namesearch=Austrostipa&dist= PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online: Austrostipa
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=397199 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. Syme, A. E. (2012). Diversification rates in the Australasian endemic grass Austrostipa - 15 million years of constant evolution. "Plant Systematics and Evolution" 298 (1):221-227.
7. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=397199 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
8. http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/search/quick?PHPSESSID=b0b1b1c579775f9dc72303446a1cfe94&q=Austrostipa FloraBase - The Western Australian flora online: Austrostipa
9. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:348446 Atlas of Living Australia, Austrostipa S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett Spear-grasses