Dichelachne

Dichelachne is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.^[2][3][4]

Species

The genus includes the following species:^[5][6]

• Dichelachne crinita - longhair plumegrass, clovenfoot plumegrass - Australia (incl Norfolk I), New Guinea, New Zealand (incl Chatham Is + Kermadec Is)
• Dichelachne hirtella - New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia
• Dichelachne inaequiglumis - Australia, New Zealand
• Dichelachne lautumia - South I of New Zealand
• Dichelachne micrantha - shorthair plumegrass - Australia (incl Norfolk I), New Guinea, New Zealand (North I + Kermadec Is), Rapa Iti, Easter I
• Dichelachne parva - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
• Dichelachne rara - Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Is
• Dichelachne robusta - New South Wales, Victoria
• Dichelachne sieberiana - Sieber's plumegrass - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania

Formerly included:^[5]

See Anemanthele, Austrostipa, Calamagrostis, Lachnagrostis, and Oryzopsis.

• Dichelachne brachyathera - Calamagrostis brachyathera
• Dichelachne drummondiana - Lachnagrostis drummondiana
• Dichelachne procera Steud. - Anemanthele lessoniana
• Dichelachne procera Trin. & Rupr. - Oryzopsis lessoniana
• Dichelachne rigida - Anemanthele lessoniana
• Dichelachne setacea - Austrostipa setacea
• Dichelachne stipoides - Austrostipa stipoides

References