Triodia pungens

Triodia pungens, commonly known as soft spinifex, is a species of grass native to northwestern Australia.[1]

Triodia pungens
Triodia pungens (green) and Triodia basedowii (blue-grey)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Triodia
Species:
T. pungens
Binomial name
Triodia pungens
R.Br. 1810

Originally described by botanist Robert Brown in his 1810 work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae,[2] Triodia pungens still bears its original binomial name.

References

  1. "Triodia pungens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen (in Latin). London, United Kingdom: Richard Taylor and Company. p. 182.
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