''Xanthorrhoea semiplana'' is a species of
grass tree found in south-eastern
Australia
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. It has two subspecies:
* ''Xanthorrhoea semiplana'' ssp. ''semiplana'' – Tufted grass tree, found on the
Eyre,
Yorke and
Fleurieu Peninsula
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History
Before British colonisation of South Australia, the western side of the peninsula was occupied by the K ...
s, south-eastern
South Australia
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and probably central-western
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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[
* ''Xanthorrhoea semiplana'' ssp. ''tateana'' – Kangaroo Island grass tree, Tate's grass tree or Yakka Bush
]
References
Flora of South Australia
Flora of Victoria (Australia)
semiplana
Plants described in 1864
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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