Polypogon
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Origin
Introduced
Tufted or stoloniferous annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a contracted panicle. Spikelets 1-flowered, falling entire (with part of pedicel attached); glumes 2, subequal, much exceeding lemma and falling with it, 1-nerved, usually awned; lemma 5-nerved, membranous, truncate or shallowly toothed at apex, glabrous, usually awned; palea membranous, 2-nerved.
About 10 species from the Mediterranean region to south-western Asia and North America; 5 in Australia (3 are naturalized), 3 in Victoria.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
Updated by: Val
Stajsic,
30 Dec. 2021
Spinning
genus
Polypogon
Subordinate taxa
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