''Tribolium uniolae'' is a grass in the subfamily
Danthonioideae
Danthonioideae is a mainly southern hemisphere subfamily of grasses, containing the single tribe Danthonieae and one unplaced genus, with altogether roughly 300 species. It includes herbaceous to partially woody perennial or annual (less common) ...
of the
Poaceae
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, native to
Cape Province
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, South Africa.
It was first described in by
Carl Linnaeus, the younger, as ''Cynosurus uniolae'',
Victoria
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* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
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and Western Australia
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,disturbed ground
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and flowers from October to December.
Gallery
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References
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus the Younger
Plants described in 1782
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