Scirpodendron ghaeri
{{Short description |Species of flowering plant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Scirpodendron-ghaeri-SF24288-09.jpg
|image_caption = Growing in palm swamp
in Cairns, Queensland
|status = LC
|status_system = QLDNCA
|status_ref = {{R|DESQLD}}
|genus = Scirpodendron
|species = ghaeri
|authority = (Gaertn.) Merr.{{R|POWO|APNI}}
|range_map =
|synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}}
|synonyms =
- Ptychocaryum ghaeri {{small|(Gaertn.) H.Pfeiff.}}
- Chionanthus ghaeri {{small|Gaertn.}}
- Hypolytrum costatum {{small|Thwaites}}
- Scirpodendron costatum {{small|Kurz}}
- Scirpodendron pandaniforme {{small|Zipp. ex Kurz}}
- Scirpodendron sulcatum {{small|Miq.}}
- Scleria macrocarpa {{small|Wall.}}
}}
Scirpodendron ghaeri is a plant in the family Cyperaceae native to areas from India through southeast Asia to the western Pacific. It is a tall sedge with a woody rhizome producing {{cvt|3|m}} long leaves in dense clumps; the leaves have sharp edges and the plant forms impenetrable barriers.{{R|DTNG|KFERN}} It was first described as Chionanthus ghaeri by Joseph Gaertner in 1788, and transferred to the genus Scirpodendron by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1914. It usually grows in coastal swamp forest, but may be found in rainforest and gallery forest{{R|POWO|RFK}}
Conservation
This species has been assessed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act.{{R|DESQLD}} {{As of|2024|10|20}}, it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
References
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{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=11910 |title=Species profile—Scirpodendron ghaeri |year=2024 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=18 October 2024}}
{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:313108-1 |title=Scirpodendron ghaeri (Gaertn.) Merr. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2024 |access-date=18 October 2024}}
{{cite web |url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/92446 |title=Scirpodendron ghaeri |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=18 October 2024}}
{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Scirpodendron_ghaeri.htm |title=Scirpodendron ghaeri |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government |access-date=18 October 2024}}
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External links
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- [https://www.gbif.org/species/5292116 View a map] of herbarium collections of this species at GBIF
- [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=426631 View observations] of this species on iNaturalist
- [https://flickriver.com/search/Scirpodendron+ghaeri View images] of this species on Flickriver.com
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Category:Least concern flora of Australia
Category:Taxa named by Elmer Drew Merrill
Category:Plants described in 1788