Lomandra brevis
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Lomandra brevis is a species of plant in the Asparagaceae family, first described in 1962 by Alma Theodora Lee.{{APNI2|id=76408
|name=Lomandra brevis}}Lee, A.T. (17 September 1962), Notes on Lomandra in New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(3): 154
It is a perennial and is endemic to New South Wales,{{Cite web |title=Lomandra brevis A.T.Lee {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537921-1 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} occurring in the Sydney region in dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone derived soils.{{cite journal|author1=Alma T.Lee|author2= T.D.Macfarlane| author1link=A.T.Lee|author2link=Terry Desmond Macfarlane|title= Lomandra brevis|journal= Flora of Australia|publisher= Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra
|url= https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Lomandra%20brevis|access-date=16 September 2024}}
It grows in small dense tussocks. It flowers in both spring and autumn. The male inflorescence is from 10 to 15 cm and is unbranched or has a few short branches, while the female inflorescence is about 5 cm long and is unbranched.
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External links
- [https://www.gbif.org/species/2770894 Lomandra brevis: Images & occurrence data] from GBIF
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Category:Endemic flora of Australia
Category:Taxa named by Alma Theodora Lee
Category:Plants described in 1962
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