Centrolepis
Centrolepis is a genus of small herbaceous plants in the family Restionaceae known as thorn grass scales, with about 25 species native to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and south-east Asia as far north as Hainan Dao. APG III system classifies this genus in the Centrolepidaceae family.
Centrolepis species are all tufted plants with narrow leaves from the base. Flowers are tiny and wind-pollinated, in highly condensed inflorescences enclosed between a pair of bracts that often have leaf-like points.
; SpeciesCentrolepis alepyroides Walp. - Avon + Darling in Western Australia Centrolepis aristata Roem. & Schult. - Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South WalesCentrolepis banksii Roem. & Schult. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Hainan, Thailand, Vietnam, CambodiaCentrolepis caespitosa D.A.Cooke - Western AustraliaCentrolepis cambodiana Hance - Laos, Vietnam, CambodiaCentrolepis cephaloformis Reader - Western Australia, South Australia, VictoriaCentrolepis ciliata Druce - New Zealand Centrolepis curta D.A.Cooke - Western AustraliaCentrolepis drummondiana Walp - Western Australia, possibly South AustraliaCentrolepis eremica D.A.Cooke - Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Northern TerritoryCentrolepis exserta Roem. & Schult. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, QueenslandCentrolepis fascicularis Labill. - Australia, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand Centrolepis glabra Hieron. - New Zealand South Island, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South WalesCentrolepis humillima F.Muell. ex Benth. - Western AustraliaCentrolepis inconspicua W.Fitzg. - Avon + Darling in Western AustraliaCentrolepis milleri M.D.Barrett & D.D.Sokoloff - Western AustraliaCentrolepis monogyna Benth. - TasmaniaCentrolepis muscoides Hieron. - TasmaniaCentrolepis mutica Hieron. - Darling in Western Australia Centrolepis pallida Cheeseman - New Zealand Centrolepis pedderensis W.M.Curtis - TasmaniaCentrolepis philippinensis Merr. - Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, New GuineaCentrolepis pilosa Hieron. - Western AustraliaCentrolepis polygyna Hieron. - Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South WalesCentrolepis racemosa D.D.Sokoloff & Remizowa - Northern TerritoryCentrolepis strigosa Roem. & Schult. - Australia, New Zealand;