Poaceae
Echinopogon

Echinopogon ovatus (G.Forst.) P.Beauv.

First published in Ess. Agrostogr.: 42 (1812)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Lesser Sunda Islands to New Guinea, S. & E. Australia to New Zealand. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Chatham Is., Lesser Sunda Is., New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Wilson, A. (ed.) (2009). Flora of Australia 44A: 1-410. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Wilson, A. (ed.) (2009). Flora of Australia 44A: 1-410. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 13, 2018 Gunn [590] Australia K000342402 Yes
Jun 13, 2018 Lawrence [250] Australia K000342400 Yes
Jun 13, 2018 Gunn [590?] Australia K000342401 Yes
Jun 1, 1935 Petrie, D.; Cheeseman, T.F. [1050] Cook Islands K000913420 Type Yes
Jun 1, 1935 Colenso, W. [1610] New Zealand K000913413 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1934 Forster, J.G.A. [s.n.] New Zealand K000913418 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1934 s.coll. [89] Australia K000913422 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1934 Cunningham, A. [247] New Zealand K000913412 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1934 Ker, I.E. [s.n.] Australia K000356585 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spicer, W.W. [s.n.] Australia K000913423 Unknown Type Material Yes
Betche, E. [s.n.] Australia K000356586 Type Yes
Drummond, J. [342] Australia K000913421 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forster, J.G.A. [s.n.] New Zealand K000913419 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0