''Baumea acuta'', commonly known as pale twig-rush, is a
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the sedge family,
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'' w ...
, that is native to southern parts of Australia.
Description
The grass-like plant is rhizomatous and perennial. It typically grows to a height of and to a width of approximately . It blooms between September and November producing brown flowers.
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Taxonomy
The species was first formally described as ''Schoenus acutus'' by Jacques Labillardière
Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (28 October 1755 – 8 January 1834) was a French biologist noted for his descriptions of the flora of Australia. Labillardière was a member of a voyage in search of the Jean-François de Galaup, comte ...
in 1805. In 1902 Eduard Palla
Eduard Palla (3 September 1864 – 7 March 1922) was an Austrian botanist and mycologist of Moravian descent. As a botanist he specialized in research of Cyperaceae (sedges), of which he was the taxonomic authority of many species.
From 1883 to ...
reclassified the species as ''Baumea acuta'' as part of the work ''Allgemeine Botanische Zeitschrift fur Systematik''. Several other synonyms exist including ''Baumea schoenoides'', ''Mariscus acutus'', ''Machaerina schoenoides'', ''Chapelliera schoenoides'' and ''Cladium acutum''.[
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Distribution
It is found along the southern half of the east and west coast of mainland Australia and in coastal areas of Tasmania. On the east coast it extends from coastal areas in southern Queensland
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
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, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, New South Wales
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, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
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and Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
extending in the far east on the coast of South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
.South West
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, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance of Western Australia where it grows in damp sandy soils.[
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References
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acuta
Plants described in 1902
Flora of Western Australia
Flora of South Australia
Flora of Victoria (state)
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Tasmania
Flora of Queensland