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Taxon:  Rytidosperma setaceum (R. Br.) Connor & Edgar



Summary
Genus:
Rytidosperma
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Danthonioideae
Tribe:
Danthonieae
Nomen number:
412793
Place of publication:
New Zealand J. Bot. 17:332. 1979
Verified:
02/28/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
11 (11  active, 11  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Danthonia setacea R. Br.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Austrodanthonia setacea (R. Br.) H. P. Linder
Austrodanthonia setacea (R. Br.) H. P. Linder var. setacea

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Reference(s)
  1. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. Flora of Victoria. 1993-
  2. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
  3. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  4. Linder, H. P. et al. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 97:360.
  5. Linder, H. P. 1997. Nomenclatural corrections in the Rytidosperma complex (Danthonieae, Poaceae). Telopea 7:273.
Common names
English
small-flower wallaby grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
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=412793. Accessed 17 July 2025.


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