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Caustis Restiacea
''Caustis'' is a genus of rhizomatous sedges. The species, all endemic to Australia, are as follows: *''Caustis blakei'' Kuk. *''Caustis deserti'' R.L.Barrett *''Caustis dioica'' R.Br. *''Caustis flexuosa'' R.Br. - Curly Wig *''Caustis gigas'' R.L.Barrett *''Caustis pentandra'' R.Br. -Thick Twist Rush *''Caustis recurvata ''Caustis recurvata'', commonly known as curly sedge or pubic hair sedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Australia. The perennial rhizomous sedge has a spreading tufted habit and typically grows to a height and width of a ...'' Spreng. *'' Caustis restiacea'' Benth. References Cyperaceae genera Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Cyperaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caustis Flexuosa
''Caustis flexuosa'' is a sedge found in Australia. A graceful plant with attractive curling foliage, it grows to 120 cm high. Common names include curly wig and grandfather's beard. Flowering occurs in spring and summer. Flowers being thin and cream, about 5 mm long. Followed by a pale coloured nut, 3.5 to 5 mm long and 1.8 to 2.5 mm in diameter. It grows on the poorer soils in eastern Australia, based on granite or sandstone. In New South Wales it occurs on the coast and tablelands and is commonly seen around Sydney and the Blue Mountains. The species is also seen as far west as Warrumbungle National Park and near Mudgee. In Victoria it occurs across the southern half of the state from Croajingolong National Park The Croajingolong National Park is a coastal national park located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. The national park is situated approximately east of Melbourne and south of Sydney. The name ''Croajing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards. A rhizome is the main stem of the plant that runs underground horizontally. A stolon is similar to a rhizome, but a stolon sprouts from an existing stem, has long internodes, and generates new shoots at the end, such as in the strawberry plant. In general, rhizomes have short internodes, send out roots from the bottom of the nodes, and generate new upward-growing shoots from the top of the nodes. A stem tuber is a thickened part of a rhizome or stolon that has been enlarged for use as a storage organ. In general, a tuber is high in starch, e.g. the potato, which is a modified stolon. The term "tuber" is often used imprecisely and is sometimes applied to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' with over 2,000 species. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical Asia and tropical South America. While sedges may be found growing in almost all environments, many are associated with wetlands, or with poor soils. Ecological communities dominated by sedges are known as sedgelands or sedge meadows. Some species superficially resemble the closely related rushes and the more distantly related grasses. Features distinguishing members of the sedge family from grasses or rushes are stems with triangular cross-sections (with occasional exceptions, a notable example being the tule which has a round cross-section) and leaves that are spirally arranged in three ranks. In comparison, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Plant Name Index
The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is an online database of all published names of Australian vascular plants. It covers all names, whether current names, synonyms or invalid names. It includes bibliographic and typification details, information from the Australian Plant Census including distribution by state, links to other resources such as specimen collection maps and plant photographs, and the facility for notes and comments on other aspects. History Originally the brainchild of Nancy Tyson Burbidge, it began as a four-volume printed work consisting of 3,055 pages, and containing over 60,000 plant names. Compiled by Arthur Chapman, it was part of the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). In 1991 it was made available as an online database, and handed over to the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Two years later, responsibility for its maintenance was given to the newly formed Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. Scope Recognised by Australian herbaria as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caustis Blakei
''Caustis blakei'', also known as the koala fern, is a species of rhizomatous sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is found exclusively in Australia in southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales. It has rigid, smooth stems up to 2 meters with 10 to 28 nodes. It has two subspecies: ''C. blakei'' subsp''. blakei'' and ''C. blakei'' subsp''. macrantha'', which was identified by Johnston et al. in 1997. The two subspecies differ in length of spikelets, anthers, and fruit. Habitat ''Caustis blakei'' is found in tall eucalyptus forests with sparse or closed canopies in sandy soils or soils derived from weathered sandstone. ''C. blakei subsp. blakei'' occurs in mainland Australia from Toolara in Queensland to Crowdy Bay National Park in New South Wales, with additional populations identified on Fraser Island, Moreton Island, and Stradbroke Island. Geographically isolated, inland populations of ''C. blakei'' subsp''. macrantha'' have been identified in Murphys Creek, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caustis Deserti
''Caustis deserti'', commonly known as desert twig-rush, is a sedge that is native to a small area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ... to the east of Kalgoorlie. References {{Cyperaceae-stub Plants described in 2015 Flora of Western Australia deserti Taxa named by Russell Lindsay Barrett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caustis Dioica
''Caustis dioica'' is a sedge that is native to Western Australia. The monoecious and rhizomatous perennial sedge has a tangled, tussocky habit. It typically grows to a height of and a width of and has pungent smelling leaves. The plant blooms between September and December producing yellow-brown flowers. It is found in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each se ..., Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions where it grows in sandy-loamy soils. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15584560 Plants described in 1810 Flora of Western Australia dioica Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caustis Gigas
''Caustis gigas'', commonly known as giant twig-rush, is a sedge that is native to Western Australia. The rhizomatous perennial sedge has a robust habit and typically grows to a height of . The plant blooms between April and May producing brown flowers. It is found in the Wheatbelt region between Chittering and Coorow where it grows in sandy soils. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q22987767 Plants described in 2015 Flora of Western Australia gigas Taxa named by Russell Lindsay Barrett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caustis Pentandra
''Caustis pentandra'', known as the thick twist rush is a widely distributed grass like plant found in many parts of Australia. It may grow to 2 metres tall, often seen in dry open forest, or moist heathland. Stems are a shiny pale green. The specific epithet ''pentandra'' is derived from the ancient Greek language, referring to five stamens.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 283 This species first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1810, in the ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen'' (Prodromus of the Flora of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land) is a flora of Australia written by botanist Robert Brown and published in 1810. Often referred to as ''Prodromus Flora Novae ...'', authored by the prolific Scottish botanist Robert Brown. References pentandra Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (Australia) Flora of Queensland Flora of Western Australia Flora of South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caustis Recurvata
''Caustis recurvata'', commonly known as curly sedge or pubic hair sedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Australia. The perennial rhizomous sedge has a spreading tufted habit and typically grows to a height and width of around . The erect, smooth culms are scaberulous or hispid with a length of and a diameter of . The species was first formally described by the botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1827 as part of the work ''Curae Posteriores'' as published in '' Systema Vegetabilium''. Two synonyms are known; ''Restio uncinatus'' and ''Caustis uncinata''. It is found in coastal sandy heath and mountain heath but mostly along the coast. It extends from south eastern New South Wales north along the coast and into south eastern Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caustis Restiacea
''Caustis'' is a genus of rhizomatous sedges. The species, all endemic to Australia, are as follows: *''Caustis blakei'' Kuk. *''Caustis deserti'' R.L.Barrett *''Caustis dioica'' R.Br. *''Caustis flexuosa'' R.Br. - Curly Wig *''Caustis gigas'' R.L.Barrett *''Caustis pentandra'' R.Br. -Thick Twist Rush *''Caustis recurvata ''Caustis recurvata'', commonly known as curly sedge or pubic hair sedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Australia. The perennial rhizomous sedge has a spreading tufted habit and typically grows to a height and width of a ...'' Spreng. *'' Caustis restiacea'' Benth. References Cyperaceae genera Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Cyperaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
