Lomandra
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| clade: | Angiosperms |
| clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lomandroideae |
| Genus: | Lomandra Labill. |
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Lomandra is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae.[1]. There are 50 species, all of which are native to Australia; two of them also extend into New Guinea and New Caledonia.
It has formerly been assigned to to the family Dasypogonaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae or Liliaceae. Xerotes is a synonym for Lomandra.
[edit] Species
According to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, there are 51 species recognized as of August 2011[update]:[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
- ^ WCSP (2011), World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/, retrieved 2011-08-20, search for "Lomandra"
- Lomandra. FloraBase, the Western Australia Flora. Accessed 23 February 2007.
- Genus Lomandra. Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Accessed 23 February 2007.
- Lomandra multiflora. Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP). Accessed 23 February 2007.
