Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Eleusine radulans R. Br.

Common names:

• button grass  (Source: F SAust) - English
• eight-day grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• finger grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• small crowfoot  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English

Economic Importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals;

Distributional Range:

Native

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (w. & c.), Queensland, South Australia, Victoria (n.w.), Western Australia, Northern Territory]

References:

1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
2. Green, J. W. 1985. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia
3. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
4. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
5. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
6. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
7. Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross. 1983-1989. Flora of south-eastern Queensland.
8. Tothill, J. C. & J. B. Hacker. 1982. The grasses of Southern Queensland, rev. ed.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=13137. Accessed 3 July 2024.