Eriochloa longiflora S. T. Blake. Univ.
Queensland Dept. Biol. Pap. 1: 18 (1941).
Classification.
(GPWG 2001) : Subfamily Panicoideae. Paniceae.
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: Australia, Birdsville: Blake 12243 (K iso).
Key references
(books and floras): [2002] D.Sharp & B.K.Simon, AusGrass, Grasses of
Australia.
Inflorescence.
Inflorescence compound, a panicle of racemes.
Spikelets.
Fertile spikelets 2-flowered, the lower floret barren (rarely male), the upper
fertile, comprising 1 fertile floret(s).
Continental
Distribution: Australasia.
Australian
Distribution: Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South
Wales.
Northern Territory:
Central Australia South. South Australia: Lake Eyre, Eastern. Queensland:
Gregory South, Mitchell. New South Wales: South-Western Plains.
Notes. Placed
as a synonym of E. australiensis in other publications but the extra
long acuminate spikelets are distinctive.