Setaria dielsii

Short description: Species of grass

Setaria dielsii

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Poaceae
Subfamily:  | Panicoideae
Genus:  | Setaria
Species:  |

S. dielsii

Binomial name
Setaria dielsii

R.A.W.Herrm.

Synonyms[1]

* Setaria buchananii Hitchc.

Setaria dielsii, commonly known as Diels' pigeon grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to Australia.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Taxonomy
* 3 Distribution and habitat
* 4 References

## Description

It is an annual grass that grows in tufts from 20 to 130 centimetres high. It has green flowers that occur in an open panicle.[2][3]

## Taxonomy

This species was first published by Rudolf Albert Wolfgang Herrmann in 1910.[4] Its only synonym is Setaria buchananii, published by Albert Spear Hitchcock in 1927.[5]

## Distribution and habitat

It occurs in Western Australia[2] and the Northern Territory.[6]

## References

1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-442298. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "'"Setaria dielsii R.A.W.Herrm.". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/606.
3. ↑ Template:GrassBase
4. ↑ "Setaria dielsii R.A.W.Herrm.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=5778.
5. ↑ "Setaria buchananii Hitchc.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=5716.
6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20080912161731/http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/animals/native/pdf/plants_lcs-z.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

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