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

• the 7 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• meadow ricegrass   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• weeping grass   (Source: Econ Pl Aust ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: potential as lawn/turf   (fide Diversity 16:52. 2000)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Indonesia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia [s.], Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia [s.]
  New Zealand: New Zealand

References:

• Aldous, D. 2000. Advances in turfgrass science and management in Australasia. Diversity 16:51–52.
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Edgar, E. & H. E Connor. 1998. Zotovia and Microlaena: New Zealand Ehrhartoid Gramineae. New Zealand J. Bot. 36:582.
• Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993–. Flora of Victoria.
• Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58.
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Microlaena stipoides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Microlaena stipoides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Microlaena stipoides.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Ehrharta stipoides Labill. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R. Br.:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AusGrass2: Australian grass data from Bryan K. Simon’s on-line database
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Caryopses: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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