Biology:Dryopoa

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Short description: Genus of grasses


Giant mountain grass
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Scolochloinae
Genus: Dryopoa
Vickery
Species:
D. dives
Binomial name
Dryopoa dives
(F.Muell.) Vickery
Synonyms[1]
  • Festuca dives F.Muell.
  • Glyceria dives (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.
  • Poa dives (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  • Panicularia dives (F.Muell.) Kuntze

Dryopoa , or giant mountain grass, is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.[2][3]

The only known species is Dryopoa dives, native to New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria.[1][4] The name Dryopoa (tree-grass) is derived from the Greek language, with dryos meaning tree and poa meaning grass.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Vickery, Joyce Winifred 1963. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(3):195.
  3. Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. "Atlas of Living Australia, Dryopoa Vickery". http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:384064. 

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