Tribolium uniolae is a grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae of the Poaceae, native to Cape Province, South Africa.[1] It was first described in by Carl Linnaeus, the younger, as Cynosurus uniolae,[1][2] but in 1985 was transferred to the genus, Tribolium, by Stephen Andrew Renvoize.[3]

Tribolium uniolae
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Tribolium
Species:
T. uniolae
Binomial name
Tribolium uniolae
(L.f.) Renvoize

In Australia, it is an introduced weed in both Victoria and Western Australia,[1][4] where it generally grows on disturbed ground and flowers from October to December.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c "Tribolium uniolae (L.f.) Renvoize | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. ^ Carl Linnaeus the Younger (April 1782), Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium Editionis Decimae Tertiae, Generum Plantarum Editiones Sextae, et Specierum Plantarum Editionis Secundae (in Latin), Brunswick, p. 110, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.555, Wikidata Q3504851
  3. ^ S. A. Renvoize (1985). "A Review of Tribolium (Gramineae)". Kew Bulletin. 40 (4): 795-799 [797]. doi:10.2307/4109863. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4109863. Wikidata Q55779814.
  4. ^ a b H.P.Linder (2022). "Tribolium uniolae". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 1 September 2022.