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The native Australian flora contains many monocotyledons. The family with the most species is the Poaceae which includes a huge variety of species, from the tropical bamboo Bambusa arnhemica to the ubiquitous spinifex that thrives in arid Australia from the genus Triodia .
Apium prostratum, commonly known as sea celery, is a variable herb native to coastal Australia and New Zealand. [1] The leaves are variable, with toothed leaflets, and a celery like aroma. The tiny white flowers occur in clusters.
Poa labillardierei, also known as common tussock-grass, [2] is a species of tussock grass that is endemic to Australia. [3] It is found in southern and eastern Australia, including Tasmania. [4] There are differing variations, Poa labillardierei var. acris Vickery and Poa labillardierei var. labillardierei. [5]
All known species are native to Australia, most of them found nowhere else. One species (A. variabilis) is, however, found in South Africa as well as in Australia, and two species (A. setacea + A. stipoides) are native to Australia and New Zealand. [5] The group likely originated in Australia approximately 20 million years ago. [6] Species [7 ...
Trachymene coerulea (common name - blue-lace flower) is a herb in the family Araliaceae. [1] It is native to Western Australia. [1] [2]Trachymene coerulea was first described by Robert Graham in 1828, from a plant grown from seed sent to Edinburgh by Charles Fraser, the New South Wales colonial botanist.
Myoporum insulare, commonly known as common boobialla, native juniper, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to coastal areas of Australia. It is a shrub or small tree which grows on dunes and coastal cliffs, is very salt tolerant and widely used in horticulture.
The species was first formally described by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810 as part of the work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. [6]The genus name Xanthorrhoea is taken from the Greek words xanthos, meaning yellow, and rheo, meaning to flow, a reference to the resin that is obtained from these plants.
B. acerifolius is very popular as an ornamental tree both in its native Australia and around the world. [3] [7] The flowering is a spectacular event, as it sheds its leaves just prior to producing masses of bright scarlet flowers over the entire tree. It is used for street plantings, public parks and gardens, and in private gardens. [4]