{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Lomandra |image=Edwards's botanical register (Plate 3) (7949423262).jpg |image_caption=Botanical illustration |authority=Labill. |synonyms_ref={{r|wcsp}} |synonyms=* ''Xerotes'' <small>R.Br.</small> |subdivision_ranks=Species |subdivision=See text }}
'''''Lomandra''''', commonly known as '''mat rushes''',<ref name=marcos>{{cite web |title=The Matt Rushes at San Marcos Growers |url=http://www.smgrowers.com/info/lomandra.asp |publisher=smgrowers.com |access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> is a genus of perennial, herbaceous monocots in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae.<ref>{{Citation |last=Chase |first=M.W. |last2=Reveal |first2=J.L. |last3=Fay |first3=M.F. |year=2009 |title=A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=132–136 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x|name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}</ref> The genus was first described in 1805 by Jacques Labillardière.<ref name=APNI>{{APNI2|id=74780|name=''Lomandra''}}</ref><ref name=Labill1805>de Labillardière, J.J.H. (1805), [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40848191 ''Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen'' 1(12): 92]</ref>
There are 51 species, all of which are native to Australia; two of them also extend into New Guinea and New Caledonia.
They are generally tufted dioecious perennials with long narrow blade-like leaves that arise from a central stemless base and have thick woody rhizomes and fibrous roots.<ref name=marcos/>
==Taxonomy== Now in the Asparagaceae, this genus was formerly assigned to the family Dasypogonaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae, or Liliaceae.
===Species=== According to ''Plants of the World Online'', there are 64 species recognised {{as of|2024|June|lc=yes}}:<ref name="wcsp">{{Cite web |title=''Lomandra'' Labill. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20605-1 |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=28em}} * ''Lomandra acicularis'' <small>M.D.Barrett</small> * ''Lomandra altior'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small> * ''Lomandra banksii'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra beaniana'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small> * ''Lomandra bracteata'' <small>A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra brevis'' <small>A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra breviscapa'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small> * ''Lomandra briggsiana'' <small>R.L.Barrett & T.C.Wilson</small> * ''Lomandra brittanii'' <small>T.S.Choo</small> * ''Lomandra caespitosa'' <small>(Benth.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra collina'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra confertifolia'' <small>(F.M.Bailey) Fahn</small> * ''Lomandra cylindrica'' <small>A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra decomposita'' <small>(R.Br.) Jian Wang ter & A.R.Bean</small> * ''Lomandra densiflora'' <small>J.M.Black</small> * ''Lomandra drummondii'' <small>(F.Muell. ex Benth.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra effusa'' <small>(Lindl.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra elongata'' <small>(Benth.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra fibrata'' <small>J.M.Black</small> * ''Lomandra filiformis'' <small>(Thunb.) Britten in J.Banks</small> * ''Lomandra fluviatilis'' <small>(R.Br.) A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra glauca'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra gracilis'' <small>(R.Br.) A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra grayi'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small> * ''Lomandra hastilis'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra hermaphrodita'' <small>(C.R.P.Andrews) C.A.Gardner</small> * ''Lomandra hispidula'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small> * ''Lomandra hystrix'' <small>(R.Br.) L.R.Fraser & Vickery</small> * ''Lomandra insularis'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Lomandra integra'' <small>T.D.Macfarl.</small> * ''Lomandra juncea'' <small>(F.Muell.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra laxa'' <small>(R.Br.) A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra leucocephala'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra longifolia'' <small>Labill.</small> * ''Lomandra marginata'' <small>T.D.Macfarl. & Conran</small> * ''Lomandra maritima'' <small>T.S.Choo</small> * ''Lomandra micrantha'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra montana'' <small>(R.Br.) L.R.Fraser & Vickery</small> * ''Lomandra mucronata'' <small>(R.Br.) A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra multiflora'' <small>(R.Br.) Britten</small> * ''Lomandra nana'' <small>(A.T.Lee) A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra nigricans'' <small>T.D.Macfarl.</small> * ''Lomandra nutans'' <small>T.D.Macfarl.</small> * ''Lomandra obliqua'' <small>(Thunb.) J.F.Macbr.</small> * ''Lomandra odora'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra ordii'' <small>(F.Muell.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra oreophila'' <small>B.J.Conn & A.L.Quirico</small> * ''Lomandra patens'' <small>A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra pauciflora'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra phillipsiorum'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small> * ''Lomandra preissii'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra purpurea'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra ramosissima'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small> * ''Lomandra rigida'' <small>Labill.</small> * ''Lomandra rupestris'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra sericea'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra sonderi'' <small>(F.Muell.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra sororia'' <small>(F.Muell. ex Benth.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra spartea'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra spicata'' <small>A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra suaveolens'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small> * ''Lomandra teres'' <small>T.D.Macfarl.</small> * ''Lomandra tropica'' <small>A.T.Lee</small> * ''Lomandra whicherensis'' <small>Keighery</small> {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.gbif.org/species/2770880 ''Lomandra'': Images & occurrence data] from GBIF
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Category:Lomandra Category:Asparagaceae genera Category:Asparagales of Australia Category:Dioecious plants Category:Taxa named by Jacques Labillardière