''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''.
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Species

The genus includes the following species:Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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/ref> * '' Dichelachne crinita'' - longhair plumegrass, clovenfoot plumegrass -

(incl Norfolk I), New Guinea, New Zealand (incl Chatham Is + Kermadec Is) * '' Dichelachne hirtella'' - New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia * '' Dichelachne inaequiglumis'' -

, New Zealand * '' Dichelachne lautumia'' - South I of New Zealand * '' Dichelachne micrantha'' - shorthair plumegrass -

(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'' -

, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Is * '' Dichelachne robusta'' - New South Wales, Victoria * '' Dichelachne sieberiana'' - Sieber's plumegrass - 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 g ...

, Austrostipa, Calamagrostis, Lachnagrostis, 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'' * ''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 -

'' * ''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 ...

References

Pooideae Poaceae genera {{Pooideae-stub