Ammothryon is a genus of sedges in the family Cyperaceae. It includes a single species, Ammothryon grandiflorum, a perennial rhizomatous geophyte native to Southwest Australia.[1]
| Ammothryon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Ammothryon R.L.Barrett, K.L.Wilson & J.J.Bruhl |
| Species: | A. grandiflorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ammothryon grandiflorum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The species was first described as Elynanthus grandiflorus in 1844. In 2021 Russell Lindsay Barrett, Karen Louise Wilson, and Jeremy James Bruhl placed it in the newly-described genus Ammothryon as Ammothryon grandiflorum.[1][2]
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Ammothryon grandiflorum (Nees ex Lehm.) R.L.Barrett, K.L.Wilson & J.J.Bruhl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Barrett, Russell L; Bruhl, Jeremy J; Wilson, Karen L. (2021). "Revision of generic concepts in Schoeneae subtribe Tricostulariinae (Cyperaceae) with a new genus Ammothryon and new species of Tricostularia". Telopea: Journal of Plant Systematics. 24. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney: 61–169. Bibcode:2021Telop..2414844B. doi:10.7751/telopea14844.