Spartochloa

Spartochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Cyperochloeae
Genus: Spartochloa
C.E.Hubb.
Species:
S. scirpoidea
Binomial name
Spartochloa scirpoidea
Synonyms
  • Brizopyrum scirpoideum Steud.
  • Festuca scirpoidea (Steud.) F.Muell.
  • Schedonorus scirpoideus (Steud.) Benth.

Spartochloa is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Spartochloa scirpoidea, found only in the southern part of Western Australia.

The species was first described by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1854 as Bryzopyrum scirpoideum.