Plinthanthesis

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Wallaby grasses

| image =

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Plinthanthesis

| authority = Steud.

| type_species_authority = Steud.lectotype designated by S.T. Blake, 1972. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 14: 3.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012058 Tropicos, Plinthanthesis Steud.]

| type_species = Plinthanthesis urvillei

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=434975 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms =

• Blakeochloa Veldkamp

}}

Plinthanthesis is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/345405#page/17/mode/1up Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1853. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 14] in Latin[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00494.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora][http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/plinthanthesis-0 Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia] includes generic description in English plus range map for all three species

; Species[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:349298 Atlas of Living Australia, Plinthanthesis Steud. Wallaby Grasses]

• Plinthanthesis paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake - New South Wales, Victoria
• Plinthanthesis rodwayi (C.E.Hubb.) S.T.Blake - New South Wales
• Plinthanthesis urvillei Steud. - New South Wales

; formerly included

see Rytidosperma

• Plinthanthesis tenuior - Rytidosperma tenuius