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Austrodanthonia Caespitosa
''Rytidosperma caespitosum'', known by various common names including common wallaby-grass, ringed wallaby-grass, and white-top, is a species of grass native to southern parts of Australia.
Description
It is a tufted perennial grass that reaches up to 90 centimetres high. Flowers are purple or green, and occur in a panicle of from 10 to 30 spikelets, each of which contains from four to nine individual flowers.
Taxonomy
It was first collected from Shark Bay in Western Australia by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, botanist to the expedition of Louis de Freycinet. It was published by Gaudichaud-Beaupré in 1829 under the name ''Danthonia caespitosa''. During the 1960s and 1970s it was transferred firstly into ''Notodanthonia'' and then into ''Rytidosperma''. In 1993 it was transferred into ''Austrodanthonia'' by Hans Peter Linder. However, in 2010 Austrodanthonia was again submerged into a broader Rytidosperma, and all Austrodanthonia species are now considered part of the genus Rytidos ...
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