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''Dichelachne'' is a genus of
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n, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the
grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.''Dichelachne''.
New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.


Species

The genus includes the following species:Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Dichelachne crinita ''Dichelachne crinita '', commonly known as the longhair plume grass, is a type of grass found in Australia, New Zealand and islands of the Pacific Ocean. It is often seen on sandy soils near the sea as well as woodlands. The flowering panicles ...
'' - longhair plumegrass, clovenfoot plumegrass -
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(incl Norfolk I), New Guinea, New Zealand (incl Chatham Is + Kermadec Is) * ''
Dichelachne hirtella ''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia * ''
Dichelachne inaequiglumis ''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, New Zealand * ''
Dichelachne lautumia ''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.South I of New Zealand * ''
Dichelachne micrantha ''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
(incl Norfolk I), New Guinea, New Zealand ( North I + Kermadec Is), Rapa Iti, Easter I * ''
Dichelachne parva ''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania * ''
Dichelachne rara ''Dichelachne rara'' is a species of grass found in Australia and New Zealand. It is often seen in woodland on better quality soils. The grass may grow up to tall. The specific epithet ''rara'' is derived from Latin Latin (, or , ) is a ...
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, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Is * ''
Dichelachne robusta ''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.New South Wales, Victoria * ''
Dichelachne sieberiana ''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania Formerly included: See ''
Anemanthele ''Anemanthele'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to New Zealand. The only known species is ''Anemanthele lessoniana'', often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass. This is a naturally rare gra ...
, Austrostipa, Calamagrostis,
Lachnagrostis ''Lachnagrostis'' is a genus of African, Australian, Pacific Island, and South American plants in the grass family. They are often treated as members of genus ''Agrostis''. ; SpeciesRúgolo de Agrasar, Z. & A. M. Molina. 2002. El género ''Lachn ...
, and Oryzopsis''. * ''Dichelachne brachyathera -
Calamagrostis brachyathera ''Calamagrostis'' (reed grass or smallweed) is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae, with about 260 species that occur mainly in temperate regions of the globe. Towards equatorial latitudes, species of ''Calamagrostis'' gene ...
'' * ''Dichelachne drummondiana -
Lachnagrostis drummondiana ''Lachnagrostis'' is a genus of African, Australian, Pacific Island, and South American plants in the grass family. They are often treated as members of genus ''Agrostis''. ; SpeciesRúgolo de Agrasar, Z. & A. M. Molina. 2002. El género ''Lachn ...
'' * ''Dichelachne procera'' Steud. - ''
Anemanthele lessoniana ''Anemanthele'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to New Zealand. The only known species is ''Anemanthele lessoniana'', often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass. This is a naturally rare gras ...
'' * ''Dichelachne procera'' Trin. & Rupr. - '' Oryzopsis lessoniana'' * ''Dichelachne rigida -
Anemanthele lessoniana ''Anemanthele'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to New Zealand. The only known species is ''Anemanthele lessoniana'', often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass. This is a naturally rare gras ...
'' * ''Dichelachne setacea - Austrostipa setacea'' * ''Dichelachne stipoides -
Austrostipa stipoides ''Austrostipa stipoides'', commonly known as prickly spear-grass or coast spear-grass, is a kind of Tussock (grass), tussock grass native to the coasts of south-eastern Australia and of New Zealand. It forms large clumps up to about 80 cm i ...
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References

Pooideae Poaceae genera {{Pooideae-stub