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- Title
Lepidosperma prospectum (Cyperaceae), a new species from Sydney coastal heath and notes on usage of sword sedges.
- Authors
Barrett, Russell L.; Plunkett, George T.; Bruhl, Jeremy J.; Wilson, Karen L.
- Abstract
Lepidosperma prospectum G.T.Plunkett & R.L.Barrett (Cyperaceae tribe Schoeneae) is here described as a new species from the Sydney region of New South Wales. It is highly restricted in distribution, occurring at Manly (Sydney Harbour National Park), Kamay Botany Bay National Park and Royal National Park in dense coastal shrublands behind coastal cliffs. These locations are within the traditional lands of the Gamaragal, Gweagal and Dharawal people respectively. Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander were the first Europeans to explore the flora of New South Wales in 1770 around Botany Bay but they did not collect this species. Lepidosperma prospectum is superficially similar to L. sieberi Kunth, which occurs in adjacent habitats, but molecular data have shown that it is more closely allied to Western Australian species. A brief review of recorded indigenous and European knowledge and utilisation of the genus Lepidosperma Labill. is presented to highlight the varied uses of the genus.
- Subjects
CYPERACEAE; SHRUBLAND ecology; PLANT habitats; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL knowledge
- Publication
Telopea, 2022, Vol 25, p81
- ISSN
0312-9764
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7751/telopea14879