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''Hodgsoniola'' is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1860. There is but one known species, ''Hodgsoniola junciformis'', endemic to Western Australia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> The species was first described in 1860 by
Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...
as ''Hodgsonia junciformis'', but in 1861 he reassigned it to the genus, ''Hodgsoniola'' (in the index). It is a tufted perennial herb growing from 20 cm to 50 cm high and flowers from September to December. It grows in the IBRA regions of
Swan Coastal Plain The Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia is the geographic feature which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. The coastal plain continues well beyond the boundaries of the Swan River and its tributaries, as a geol ...
, Warren, and Jarrah Forest on grey-black sand in swamps.


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Monotypic Asphodelaceae genera Hemerocallidoideae Endemic flora of Australia Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller {{Asphodelaceae-stub