Spinifex sericeus
Hairy Spinifex
©sunphlo on Flickr: Hairy Spinifex (Spinifex sericeus) growing in rock, Antechamber Bay Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
©Harry Rose: Hairy Spinifex (Spinifex sericeus): Male spikelets are silky-hairy, 8-12 mm long and 2-flowered. Glumes are subequal and 3.5-4.5 mm long. Lemmas are almost equal in length
Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Spinifex
Species
Spinifex sericeus
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Plantae:
species: Spinifex longifolius
was recorded at Lizard Island by Buckley (1988). This is likely a misidentification of Spinifex sericeus. -
Plantae:
species: Spinifex hirsutus
was recorded at Lizard Island by Byrnes et al (1977). However, their material in the Queensland Herbarium is now identified as Spinifex sericeus (Atlas of Living Australia accessed 21 Jan 2019).
Distribution
Web resources
References
- Buckley, R. (1988). Plant succession under repeated disturbance: establishment and growth of strandline forbs and creepers on unstable beaches in the wet tropics, Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia, 15: 307-311. LIRS catalog number 678.
- Byrnes, N.B., S.L. Everist, S.T. Reynolds, A. Specht and R.L. Specht (1977). The vegetation of Lizard Island, North Queensland, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 88: 1-15. LIRS catalog number 3.