Dryopoa Explained

Dryopoa , or giant mountain grass, is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.[1] [2]

The only known species is Dryopoa dives, native to New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria.[3] The name Dryopoa (tree-grass) is derived from the Greek language, with dryos meaning tree and poa meaning grass.

Notes and References

  1. Vickery, Joyce Winifred 1963. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(3):195.
  2. Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Web site: Atlas of Living Australia, Dryopoa Vickery . 27 March 2015 . 3 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403005331/http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:384064 . dead .

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