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 Edit this 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]
  • Brizopyrum scirpoideum Steud.
  • Festuca scirpoidea (Steud.) F.Muell.
  • Schedonorus scirpoideus (Steud.) Benth.

The species was first described by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1854 as Bryzopyrum scirpoideum.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ C.E. Hubbard (1952). "Gramineae australienses: IV. Spartochloa, a New Genus of Australian Grasses". Kew Bulletin. 7 (3): 307-308 [308]. doi:10.2307/4109332. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4109332. Wikidata Q55779664.
  3. ^ Tropicos, Spartochloa C.E. Hubb.
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ "Atlas of Living Australia: Spartachloa". /bie.ala.org.au. 2022-09-08.
  6. ^ "Spartochlea scirpoidea". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  7. ^ Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1855), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (in German), vol. 1, p. 282, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.83535, OCLC 2723992, Wikidata Q9080958