Lomandra

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Genus of flowering plants

title: "Lomandra" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lomandra", "asparagaceae-genera", "asparagales-of-australia", "dioecious-plants", "taxa-named-by-jacques-labillardière"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomandra" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

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Lomandra, commonly known as mat rushes, is a genus of perennial, herbaceous monocots in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The genus was first described in 1805 by Jacques Labillardière.

There are 51 species, all of which are native to Australia; two of them also extend into New Guinea and New Caledonia.

They are generally tufted dioecious perennials with long narrow blade-like leaves that arise from a central stemless base and have thick woody rhizomes and fibrous roots.

Taxonomy

Now in the Asparagaceae, this genus was formerly assigned to the family Dasypogonaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae, or Liliaceae.

Species

According to Plants of the World Online, there are 64 species recognised :

References

References

  1. "The Matt Rushes at San Marcos Growers". smgrowers.com.
  2. Chase, M.W.. (2009). "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
  3. {{APNI2
  4. de Labillardière, J.J.H. (1805), [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40848191 ''Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen'' 1(12): 92]
  5. "''Lomandra'' Labill.". The Board of Trustees of the [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].

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