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Taxon:  Astrebla pectinata (Lindl.) F. Muell.



Summary
Genus:
Astrebla
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
5927
Place of publication:
Benth., Fl. austral. 7:602. 1878
Verified:
03/31/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
10 (10  active, 4  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Astrebla pectinata (Lindl.) F. Muell. var. curvifolia F. M. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Danthonia pectinata Lindl.

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Reference(s)
  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  2. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  3. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  4. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
  5. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  6. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  7. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  8. Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross. Flora of south-eastern Queensland. 1983-1989
  9. Tothill, J. C. & J. B. Hacker. The grasses of Southern Queensland, rev. ed. 1982
Common names
English
barley Mitchell grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia]
Cultivated
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
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=5927. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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