Cenchrus is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
Alfred James Ewart, FRS was an English-Australian botanist.
Astrebla is a small genus of xerophytic grasses found only in Australia. They are the dominant grass across much of the continent. They are commonly known as Mitchell grass after Scottish explorer, Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855), who first collected a specimen near Bourke in New South Wales.
Spinifex is a genus of perennial coastal plants in the grass family.
Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.
The flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 30,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana, and below the family level has a highly endemic angiosperm flora whose diversity was shaped by the effects of continental drift and climate change since the Cretaceous. Prominent features of the Australian flora are adaptations to aridity and fire which include scleromorphy and serotiny. These adaptations are common in species from the large and well-known families Proteaceae (Banksia), Myrtaceae, and Fabaceae.
Setaria dielsii, commonly known as Diels' pigeon grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to Australia.
Xerochloa is a genus of Australian and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.
Yakirra is a genus of Burmese and Australian plants in the grass family.
Pseudoraphis is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family, commonly known as mudgrasses.
Symplectrodia is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
Ottochloa is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Ectrosia is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
Whiteochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family.
Germainia is a genus of Chinese, Asian and Australian plants in the grass family.
Hygrochloa is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
Grevillea decurrens, also known as the clothes-peg tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a shrub or tree with divided leaves, the lobes elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and conical groups of pink or cream-coloured flowers.
Acacia hilliana, commonly known as Hill's tabletop wattle but also known as sandhill wattle and Hilltop wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae. It is native to northern Australia.
Terminalia arostrata, commonly known as crocodile tree or nutwood, is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern parts of Australia.
Waltheria virgata is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is found in the north of Western Australia, and in the Northern Territory.
