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.
Lachnagrostis contains 38 accepted species, of which, the majority are found Australia and New Zealand. Australia is home to 21 species, and New Zealand is home to 12 species, 10 of which are endemics.
Species Sources:Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesEdgar, E. 1995. New Zealand species of Deyeuxia P. Beauv. and Lachnagrostis Trin. (Gramineae: Aveneae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 33: 1–33Rúgolo de Agrasar, Z. & A. M. Molina. 2002. El género Lachnagrostis (Gramineae: Agrostideae) en América del Sur. 20–32. In La Botánica en el Nuevo Milenio: Memorias del Tercer Congreso Ecuatoriano de Botánica. FUNBOTANICA, Quito Lachnagrostis adamsonii - Victoria Lachnagrostis aemula - Australia incl Lord Howe I Lachnagrostis ammobia - New Zealand (South) Lachnagrostis barbuligera - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini Lachnagrostis billardierei - Australia, New Zealand (North+ South+ Chatham Is) Lachnagrostis collicola - Tasmania Lachnagrostis deflexa - Victoria Lachnagrostis distans - South Australia Lachnagrostis drummondiana - Western Australia Lachnagrostis elata - New Zealand (North+ South) Lachnagrostis eriantha - South Africa Lachnagrostis filiformis - Australia (incl Norfolk I), New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Is, New Zealand (North+ South + Antipodes+ Chatham + Kermadec Is), Easter I; naturalized in South Africa, Taiwan, scattered locales in the Americas Lachnagrostis glabra - New Zealand (North) Lachnagrostis huttoniae - South Africa Lachnagrostis lachnantha - Yemen, eastern + southern Africa from Eritrea to Cape Province Lachnagrostis lacunis - Tasmania Lachnagrostis leptostachys - New Zealand (Antipodes) Lachnagrostis leviseta - Victoria Lachnagrostis limitanea - South Australia Lachnagrostis littoralis - New Zealand (North+ South+ Chatham + Kermadec Is) Lachnagrostis lyallii - New Zealand (North+ South+ Chatham Is) Lachnagrostis meionectes- Victoria, New South Wales Lachnagrostis morrisii - Tasmania Lachnagrostis nesomytica - Western Australia Lachnagrostis palustris - South Australia, Victoria Lachnagrostis perennis - South Australia Lachnagrostis pilosa - New Zealand (North+ South+ Antipodes + Chatham Is) Lachnagrostis plebeia - Western Australia, South Australia Lachnagrostis polypogonoides - South Africa Lachnagrostis preissii - Western Australia Lachnagrostis robusta - South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania Lachnagrostis rudis - South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania Lachnagrostis schlechteri - Cape Province of South Africa Lachnagrostis semibarbata - South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania Lachnagrostis sodiroana - Ecuador, Peru Lachnagrostis striata - New Zealand (North + South) Lachnagrostis tenuis - New Zealand (South) Lachnagrostis uda - New Zealand (South)
Hybrids
Lachnagrostis × contracta - Victoria (L. adamsonii × L. deflexa) Lachnagrostis × ripulae - Victoria (L. filiformis × L. rudis) formerly included see Agrostis Calamagrostis Gastridium Triplachne
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