Pentapogon

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|genus = Pentapogon

|parent_authority = R.Br.

|species = quadrifidus

|authority = (Labill.) Baill.

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=433112 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms =

• Agrostis quadrifida {{au|Labill.}}
• Pentapogon billardieri R.Br.
• Stipa pentapogon F.Muell.
• Pentapogon billardierei var. parviflorus Benth.
• Pentapogon quadrifidus var. parviflorus (Benth.) D.I.Morris

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Pentapogon is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954329#page/41/mode/1up Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 173] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003903 Tropicos, Pentapogon R. Br.] The only known species is Pentapogon quadrifidus. It is native to every Australian State except Queensland, and is also naturalised on the South Island of New Zealand.[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Pentapogon Atlas of Living Australia, Pentapogon]Wilson, A. (ed.) (2009). Flora of Australia 44A: 1-410. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand , ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington (A former Pentapogon species, Pentapogon drummondii, is now placed in Calamagrostis as Calamagrostis drummondii.)