Dichopogon
Encyclopedia
Dichopogon is a genus
of perennial herbs, native to Australia
and New Guinea
. It is included in the genus Arthropodium
by some authorities, although recognized by others. In the APG III classification system
, it is placed in the family
Asparagaceae
, subfamily Lomandroideae
(formerly the family Laxmanniaceae).
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of perennial herbs, native to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
. It is included in the genus Arthropodium
Arthropodium
Arthropodium is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants native to the Southern Hemisphere placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae....
by some authorities, although recognized by others. In the APG III classification system
APG III system
The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy...
, it is placed in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.In earlier classification systems, the species involved were often treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae...
, subfamily Lomandroideae
Lomandroideae
Lomandroideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales, according to the APG III system of 2009. The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Lomandra. The group has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae...
(formerly the family Laxmanniaceae).
Species include:
- Dichopogon capillipes (Endl.) Brittan
- Dichopogon fimbriatus (R.Br.) J.F.Macbr. = Arthropodium fimbriatum R.Br.
- Dichopogon preissii (Endl.) Brittan
- Dichopogon strictus (R.Br.) Baker = Arthropodium strictum R.Br.
- Dichopogon tyleri Brittan