Australian Poaceae

Grass family: POACEAE (COMMELINIDAE) in Australia
including
Agrostidaceae, Andropogonaceae, Anomochloaceae, Anthoxanthaceae, Arundinaceae, Arundinellaceae, Asperellaceae, Avenaceae, Bambusaceae, Cenchraceae, Chaeturaceae, Chloridaceae, Coleanthaceae, Cynodontaceae, Cynosuraceae, Ecdeiocoleaceae, Echinariaceae, Ehrhartaceae, Eragrostidaceae, Festucaceae, Glyceriaceae, Gramineae, Hordeaceae, Lepturaceae, Miliaceae, Ophiuraceae, Oryzaceae, Panicaceae, Pappophoraceae, Parianaceae, Paspalaceae, Phalaridaceae, Pharaceae, Sporobolaceae, Stipaceae, Streptochaetaceae, Triticaceae, and Zoysiaceae

Flower
Families

Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
&
Christine Ashe

Plant
Classes

Agrostis
Blown Grass
Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria
Photo: courtesy of
Laura Levens

Austrodanthonia penicillata
Slender Wallaby Grass
Morwell Park,
December 2001

Avena fatua
Wild Oat
Sydney, August 2006

Bambusa longispicula
Spiky Bamboo
Sydney, August 2006

Bambusa vulgaris
Common Bamboo
Sydney, August 2006

Cortaderia jubata
Pampas Grass
Concord, March 2007

Cymbopogon species
Lemon Grass
Sydney, July 2007

Dichanthium sericeum
Silky Blue Grass
Dulkaninna Station,
South Australia
Photo: courtesy of
Laura Levens

Echinopogon caespitosus
Bushy Hedgehog Grass
Wyee, August 2007

Hordeum vulgare
Barley
Sydney, December 2006

Joycea pallida
Red-anther Wallaby Grass
Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria
Photo: courtesy of
Laura Levens

Oryza sativa
Rice
Photo courtesy of
Australian Department of
Agriculture and Water Resources

Paspalum quadrifarium
Tussock Paspalum
Taree, April 2008

Pennisetum advena
Purple Fountaingrass
Sydney, December 2006

Poa tenera
Slender Tussock Grass
Morwell Park,
December 1991

Saccharum officinarum
Sugar Cane
Bundaberg, October 2006

Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum
Concord, November 2006

Themeda triandra = australis
Kangaroo Grass
Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria
Photo: courtesy of
Laura Levens

Thysanolaena maxima
Tiger Grass
Wyee, November 2008

Triticum aestivum
Wheat
Wyee, May 2009

Zea mays
Sweet Corn
Sydney, August 2006

Many caterpillars of AustralianLepidoptera favour the plants in POACEAE for their food. Many are agricultural pests on pastures, and on crops such as cereals and sugar cane. The Butterfly species include:

*Pelopidas agna*	*Herimosa albovenata*	*Parnara amalia*	*Telicota ancilla*	*Toxidia andersoni*	*Taractrocera anisomorpha*	*Ocybadistes ardea*
*Croitana arenaria*	*Antipodia atralba*	*Telicota brachydesma*	*Antipodia chaostola*	*Anisynta cynone*	*Anisynta dominula*	*Arrhenes dschilus*
*Signeta flammeata*	*Ocybadistes flavovittata*	*Ocybadistes hypomeloma*	*Borbo impar*	*Toxidia inornatus*	*Ocybadistes knightorum*	*Suniana lascivia*
*Pelopidas lyelli*	*Arrhenes marnas*	*Anisynta monticolae*	*Toxidia parvula*	*Proeidosa polysema*	*Anisynta sphenosema*	*Suniana sunias*
*Pasma tasmanica*	*Anisynta tillyardi*	*Ocybadistes walkeri*	*Neohesperilla xanthomera*	*Neohesperilla xiphiphora*	*Geitoneura acantha*	*Hypocysta adiante*
*Hypocysta angustata*	*Ypthima arctous*	*Oreixenica correae*	*Argynnina cyrila*	*Hypocysta euphemia*	*Argynnina hobartia*	*Hypocysta irius*
*Oreixenica kershawi*	*Geitoneura klugii*	*Oriexenica lathoniella*	*Oreixenica latialis*	*Melanitis leda*	*Orsotriaena medus*	*Heteronympha merope*
*Hypocysta metirius*	*Geitoneura minyas*	*Heteronympha mirifica*	*Oreixenica orichora*	*Heteronympha paradelpha*	*Heteronympha penelope*	*Mycalesis perseus*

Hypocysta pseudirius

Oreixenica ptunarra

Mycalesis sirius

Heteronympha solandri

Mycalesis terminus

and Moths from many families and subfamilies, including

ACENTROPINAE Parapoynx stagnalis	ACRONICTINAE Spodoptera exempta	ANTHELIDAE Anthela acuta	CASTNIIDAE Synemon collecta	CRAMBINAE, Chilo suppressalis	EREBINAE Trigonodes hyppasia
GELECHIIDAE Ephysteris promptella	GEOMETRINAE Pamphlebia rubrolimbraria	HADENINAE Dasygaster padockina	HELIOTHINAE Helicoverpa armigera	HEPIALIDAE Elhamma australasiae	PHILOBOTA GROUP Philobota productella