Pentapogon

Pentapogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Echinopogoninae
Genus:	Pentapogon; R.Br.
Species:	P. quadrifidus
Binomial name
	Pentapogon quadrifidus; (Labill.) Baill.
Synonyms
	Agrostis quadrifida Labill.; Pentapogon billardieri R.Br.; Stipa pentapogon F.Muell.; Pentapogon billardierei var. parviflorus Benth.; Pentapogon quadrifidus var. parviflorus (Benth.) D.I.Morris;

Pentapogon is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.^[2]^[3] The only known species is Pentapogon quadrifidus. It is native to every Australian State except Queensland, and is also naturalised on the South Island of New Zealand.^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6] (A former Pentapogon species, Pentapogon drummondii, is now placed in Calamagrostis as Calamagrostis drummondii.)

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 173 in Latin
^ Tropicos, Pentapogon R. Br.
^ Atlas of Living Australia, Pentapogon
^ Wilson, A. (ed.) (2009). Flora of Australia 44A: 1-410. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
^ Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand , ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington

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