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Xanthorrhoea preissii Endl.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

[Engler's syllabus (エングラー体系)]

Xanthorrhoeaceae Dumort. (ススキノキ)


Distribution: Australia
APG III: re-classified 10 genera in Xanthorrhoeaceae (proposed by Engler)
Dasypogonaceae: Baxteria R. Br. ex Hook., Calectasia R. Br, Dasypogon R. Br., Kingia R. Br.
Asparagaceae: Acanthocarpus Lehm., Chamaexeros Benth., Lomandra Labill., Romnalda P. F. Stevens, Xerolirion A. S. George
Xanthorrhoeaceae: Xanthorrhoea Sol. ex Sm.

Xanthorrhoea Sol. ex Sm. (ススキノキ)


≈ 30 species
endemic to Australia
Lifeform: perennials and developing a secondary thickening meristem in the stem
Flower: developing a long spike (called scape)
X. australis R. Br. (ミナミススキノキ)
X. resinosa Pers. (ススキノキ)
X. preissii Endl. (ゴウシュウススキノキ*)

Xanthorrhoea preissii in Western Australia


Xanthorrhoea Sol. ex Sm. (ススキノキ)
Goushususukinoki (ゴウシュウススキノキ*, 豪州薄ノ木), balga (* tentative translation)
Life form: perennial grass
Distribution: southwestern Australia
Habitat: coastal plains, near-watercourses and inland forests
Synonyms

Xanthorrhoea pecoris F.Muell.
Xanthorrhoea reflexa Endl.

索引

ST1 ST2 ST3
ST4 ST5
[1-3] in a bushland near Perth, Western Australia, on October 4 2013. [4/5] in the Kings Park on September 27 2003.

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