Setaria distans

Setaria distans, synonyms including Paspalidium distans, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to New Caledonia, New Guinea, most of Australia and the Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-shoto). It was first described by Carl Bernhard von Trinius in 1829 as Panicum distans.^[2]

Spikelets

Setaria distans
Growing in New South Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Setaria
Species:	S. distans
Binomial name
Setaria distans (Trin.) Veldkamp[1]
Synonyms[2]
Panicum commixtum Steud. Panicum distans Trin. Panicum pacificum Tuyama, nom. illeg. Panicum radiatius H.St.John Panicum tuyamae Ohwi, pro syn. Paspalidium disjunctum S.T.Blake Paspalidium distans (Trin.) Hughes Paspalidium radiatum Vickery Paspalidium scabrifolium S.T.Blake Paspalidium tuyamae Ohwi Setaria scabrifolia (S.T.Blake) R.D.Webster, nom. illeg.