Eriochloa longiflora

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.

AVH 2011

                          

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith