| Echinopogon | |
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| Echinopogon caespitosus | |
| 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: | Echinopogon P.Beauv.  | 
| Type species | |
| Agrostis ovata (syn. of Echinopogon ovatus)  | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Echinopogon is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand.[1][3] They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.[4]
They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.[5]
- Species[2]
 
- Echinopogon caespitosus - bushy hedgehog grass, tufted hedgehog grass - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria
 - Echinopogon cheelii - longflower hedgehog grass - New South Wales, Victoria
 - Echinopogon intermedius - erect hedgehog grass - Queensland, New South Wales
 - Echinopogon mckiei - New South Wales
 - Echinopogon nutans - Queensland, New South Wales, New Guinea
 - Echinopogon ovatus - forest hedgehog grass - New Guinea, Australia (all 6 states plus Norfolk Island), Lesser Sunda Islands, New Zealand (North + South + Chatham Islands)
 - Echinopogon phleoides - Northern Tablelands of New South Wales
 
- formerly included[2]
 
see Calamagrostis
- Echinopogon gunnianus - Calamagrostis gunniana
 
References
- 1 2 Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie page 42 description in Latin, commentary in French
 - 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
 - ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IX (9), figure V (5) line drawing of Echinopogon ovatus; figure captions in French on caption page 7
 - ↑ "Atlas of Living Australia, Echinopogon P.Beauv. Hedgehog Grasses". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
 - ↑ Echinopogon. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
 
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