Alexfloydia
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Endangered (Threatened Species Conservation Act (NSW))
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| Alexfloydia repens B.K.Simon |
Alexfloydia is a monotypic genus of perennial stoloniferous grasses in the family Poaceae, subfamily Panicoideae. This genus is found only in Coastal Eastern Australia. There is one known species, Alexfloydia repens.[1] This genera was named in honour of the species Discoverer Alexander G. Floyd.[2]
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[edit] Habitat and distribution
Alexfloydia repens is a spreading mat forming grass that occupies the king tide zone on the margins of brackish and tidal waterways. The species forms a groundcover associated with the tree species Casuarina glauca and the Endangered Ecological Community Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest. Currently this grass is known only from a few locations in the Coffs Harbour region.
[edit] Status
This species is listed as Endangered on the shedules of the NSW Threatened Species Act.[3]
[edit] Ecology
A. repens is the sole larval food plant for the Endangered Black grass-dart butterfly Ocybadistes knightorum (Lambkin & Donaldson, 1994).[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Alexfloydia. The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
- ^ Alexander G. Floyd (1926 - ). Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
- ^ Black grass-dart butterfly - endangered species listing. Department of Environment & Climate Change (NSW). Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
- ^ Alexfloydia repens (a grass) - endangered species listing. Department of Environment & Climate Change (NSW). Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
[edit] Sources
- Simon, B.K. 1992. Studies in Australian grasses 6. Alexfloydia, Cliffordiochloa and Dallwatsonia, three new panicoid grass genera from Eastern Australia. Austrobaileya 3, 669-681.)
