Spartochloa

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Spartochloa scirpoidea (8691933765).jpg

|image_upright = 0.7

|display_parents = 2

|genus = Spartochloa

|parent_authority = C.E.Hubb.

|species = scirpoidea

|authority = (Steud.) C.E.Hubb.

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=443837 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms =

• Brizopyrum scirpoideum Steud.
• Festuca scirpoidea (Steud.) F.Muell.
• Schedonorus scirpoideus (Steud.) Benth.

}}

File:Spartochloa scirpoidea (8693051740).jpg

Spartochloa is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.{{cite Q|Q55779664| pages=307-308 [308]}}[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002518 Tropicos, Spartochloa C.E. Hubb.][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00595.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora] The only known species is Spartochloa scirpoidea, found only in the southern part of Western Australia.{{cite web|url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2915177|title= Atlas of Living Australia: Spartachloa|website=/bie.ala.org.au|date=2022-09-08}}

The species was first described by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1854 as Bryzopyrum scirpoideum.{{APNI2|id=69018|access-date=2022-09-08|name=Spartochlea scirpoidea}}{{cite Q|Q9080958|volume= 1|issue=3|pages= 282|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44974203}}