Ammothryon

Ammothryon
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; (Nees ex Lehm.) R.L.Barrett, K.L.Wilson & J.J.Bruhl
Synonyms
	Elynanthus grandiflorus Nees ex Lehm.; Schoenus grandiflorus (Nees ex Lehm.) F.Muell.;

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

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.¹²

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