Dryopoa , or giant mountain grass, is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.[2][3]
Giant mountain grass | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
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Binomial name | |
Dryopoa dives | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Vickery, Joyce Winifred 1963. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(3):195.
- ^ Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ "Atlas of Living Australia, Dryopoa Vickery". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.