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Taxon:  Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha (Stapf ex Thell.) C. E. Hubb. ex S. T. Blake



Summary
Genus:
Eriochloa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Melinidinae
Nomen number:
80001
Place of publication:
Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia 67:43. 1943 Jan (J. M. Black, Fl. S. Austral. 68. 1943 May)
Verified:
10/04/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 5  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Eriochloa ramosa (Retz.) Kuntze var. pseudoacrotricha Stapf ex Thell.

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Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  2. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. Flora of Victoria. 1993-
  3. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  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. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
  7. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  8. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  9. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  10. Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007
Common names
English
early spring grass –
perennial cup grass –
spring grass –
vernal cup grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
Naturalized
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Mississippi]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
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=80001. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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