Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Gramineae Juss.
Genus
Eragrostis Wolf
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Eragrostis leptostachya (R.Br.) Steud. (1854)
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Bibliography
Cameron, E. 2014: Paddock lovegrass (Eragrostis leptostachya) native to New Zealand? New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 115: 22–23.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Coloniser]
Edgar, E.; Connor, H.E. 2010: Flora of New Zealand Volume V Grasses. Edition 2. Manaaki Whenua Press.