Amphipogon setaceus is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to Western Australia.[1] It grows in seasonally wet areas, swamps, and fringing watercourses from Nannup to Albany. It flowers in spring and early summer in a greyish head of multiple spikelets.[2] When placed in the genus Diplopogon as Diplopogon setaceus, it was the only species.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Amphipogon |
| Species: | A. setaceus
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| Amphipogon setaceus | |
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Taxonomy
editThe species was first described by Robert Brown in 1810 as Diplopogon setaceus.[4][5] It was the only species in the genus.[3] In 2002, Terry Desmond Macfarlane transferred it to the genus Amphipogon, a placement accepted by Plants of the World Online and the Australian Plant Census as of November 2024[update].[1][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Amphipogon setaceus (R.Br.) T.D.Macfarl." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ Wheeler, Judith Roderick; Marchant, N.G.; Lewington, Margaret (2002). Flora of the South West: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. UWA Publishing. pp. 412–413.
- ^ a b "Search for 'Diplopogon'". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ "Amphipogon setaceus (R.Br.) T.D.Macfarl." The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. p. 176.
- ^ "Amphipogon setaceus (R.Br.) T.D.Macfarl." Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
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