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Taxon:  Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R. Br.



Summary
Genus:
Microlaena
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Oryzoideae
Tribe:
Oryzeae
Subtribe:
Oryzinae
Nomen number:
24257
Place of publication:
Prodr. 210. 1810
Verified:
09/28/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
24 (24  active, 17  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ehrharta stipoides Labill.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldous, D. 2000. Advances in turfgrass science and management in Australasia. Diversity 16:51-52.
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. 1961-
  3. Edgar, E. & H. E Connor. 1998. Zotovia and Microlaena: New Zealand Ehrhartoid Gramineae. New Zealand J. Bot. 36:582.
  4. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. Flora of Victoria. 1993-
  5. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  6. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
  7. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  9. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  10. Lazarides, M. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. 1980
Common names
English
meadow ricegrass –
weeping grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Environmentalpotential as lawn/turf Aldous, D. 2000. Advances in turfgrass science and management in Australasia. Diversity 16:51-52.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24257. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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