Biology:Tragus australianus

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Short description: Species of grass

Tragus australianus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Tragus
Species:
T. australianus
Binomial name
Tragus australianus
S.T.Blake

Tragus australianus, common names (in Australia) Burr grass, Small burrgrass, and Tickgrass, is a summer ephemeral grass (in the Poaceae family),[1] first described by Stanley Thatcher Blake in 1941.[2] It flowers in response to rain.[1] Its native range is mainland Australia ,[3] where it is found in arid and semi-arid areas.[1][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 M.E.Nightingale, C.M.Weiller (2022). "Tragus australianus,". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Tragus%20australianus. Retrieved 2022-08-31. 
  2. Blake, S.T. (1 June 1941), Studies on Queensland grasses, II. University of Queensland, Department of Biology, Papers 1(18): 12-16
  3. "Tragus australianus S.T.Blake | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:424404-1. 
  4. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. "Australasian Virtual Herbarium: Tragus australianus occurrence data" (in en-AU). https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Tragus+australianus#tab_mapView. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15509174 entry