Rytidosperma

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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| image = Rytidosperma pilosum.jpg

| image_caption = Rytidosperma pilosum

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| taxon = Rytidosperma

| authority = Steud.

| type_species = Rytidosperma lechleri

| type_species_authority = Steud.

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite web|title=Rytidosperma |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/?name_id=439751|access-date=2023-05-24|website=Plants of the World Online | Kew Science|language=en}}

| synonyms =

  • Monostachya Merr.
  • Erythranthera Zotov
  • Notodanthonia Zotov
  • Pyrrhanthera Zotov
  • Joycea H.P.Linder
  • Thonandia H.P.Linder
  • Austrodanthonia H.P.Linder

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Rytidosperma is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species occur in Australasia, with a few in insular Southeast Asia, southern South America (Chile, Argentina), and certain islands of the Pacific (Hawaii, Easter Island).{{Cite web|title= Rytidosperma |url=http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00556.htm|access-date=2023-05-24|website=Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora.}} Several are known by the general common name wallaby grass.{{Cite web|title=Rytidosperma|url=https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RYTID2|access-date=2023-05-24|website=USDA Plants Database}}

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; Species{{Cite web|title=ITIS - Report: Rytidosperma|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=564895|access-date=2023-05-24|website= Integrated Taxonomic Information System}}{{Cite web|title=Rytidosperma |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Rytidosperma|access-date=2023-05-24|website=The Plant List}}

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; formerly included

see Merxmuellera Tenaxia

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