# Lomandra

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{{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.](/source/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](/source/genus) of [perennial](/source/perennial), [herbaceous](/source/Herbaceous_plant) [monocots](/source/Monocotyledon) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Asparagaceae](/source/Asparagaceae), subfamily [Lomandroideae](/source/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](/source/Jacques_Labillardi%C3%A8re).<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](/source/Australia); two of them also extend into [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea) and [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia).

They are generally tufted [dioecious](/source/dioecious) perennials with long narrow blade-like leaves that arise from a central stemless base and have thick woody [rhizomes](/source/rhizomes) and fibrous roots.<ref name=marcos/>

==Taxonomy==
Now in the Asparagaceae, this genus was formerly assigned to the family [Dasypogonaceae](/source/Dasypogonaceae), [Xanthorrhoeaceae](/source/Xanthorrhoeaceae), or [Liliaceae](/source/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](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=The Board of Trustees of the [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew)}}</ref>

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* ''[Lomandra acicularis](/source/Lomandra_acicularis)'' <small>M.D.Barrett</small>
* ''[Lomandra altior](/source/Lomandra_altior)'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small>
* ''[Lomandra banksii](/source/Lomandra_banksii)'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra beaniana](/source/Lomandra_beaniana)'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small>
* ''[Lomandra bracteata](/source/Lomandra_bracteata)'' <small>[A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)</small>
* ''[Lomandra brevis](/source/Lomandra_brevis)'' <small>[A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)</small>
* ''[Lomandra breviscapa](/source/Lomandra_breviscapa)'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small>
* ''[Lomandra briggsiana](/source/Lomandra_briggsiana)'' <small>R.L.Barrett & T.C.Wilson</small>
* ''[Lomandra brittanii](/source/Lomandra_brittanii)'' <small>T.S.Choo</small>
* ''[Lomandra caespitosa](/source/Lomandra_caespitosa)'' <small>(Benth.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra collina](/source/Lomandra_collina)'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra confertifolia](/source/Lomandra_confertifolia)'' <small>(F.M.Bailey) Fahn</small>
* ''[Lomandra cylindrica](/source/Lomandra_cylindrica)'' <small>[A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)</small>
* ''[Lomandra decomposita](/source/Lomandra_decomposita)'' <small>(R.Br.) Jian Wang ter & A.R.Bean</small>
* ''[Lomandra densiflora](/source/Lomandra_densiflora)'' <small>J.M.Black</small>
* ''[Lomandra drummondii](/source/Lomandra_drummondii)'' <small>(F.Muell. ex Benth.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra effusa](/source/Lomandra_effusa)'' <small>(Lindl.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra elongata](/source/Lomandra_elongata)'' <small>(Benth.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra fibrata](/source/Lomandra_fibrata)'' <small>J.M.Black</small>
* ''[Lomandra filiformis](/source/Lomandra_filiformis)'' <small>(Thunb.) Britten in J.Banks</small>
* ''[Lomandra fluviatilis](/source/Lomandra_fluviatilis)'' <small>(R.Br.) [A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)</small>
* ''[Lomandra glauca](/source/Lomandra_glauca)'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra gracilis](/source/Lomandra_gracilis)'' <small>(R.Br.) [A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)</small>
* ''[Lomandra grayi](/source/Lomandra_grayi)'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small>
* ''[Lomandra hastilis](/source/Lomandra_hastilis)'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra hermaphrodita](/source/Lomandra_hermaphrodita)'' <small>(C.R.P.Andrews) C.A.Gardner</small>
* ''[Lomandra hispidula](/source/Lomandra_hispidula)'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small>
* ''[Lomandra hystrix](/source/Lomandra_hystrix)'' <small>(R.Br.) L.R.Fraser & Vickery</small>
* ''[Lomandra insularis](/source/Lomandra_insularis)'' <small>Schltr.</small>
* ''[Lomandra integra](/source/Lomandra_integra)'' <small>T.D.Macfarl.</small>
* ''[Lomandra juncea](/source/Lomandra_juncea)'' <small>(F.Muell.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra laxa](/source/Lomandra_laxa)'' <small>(R.Br.) [A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)</small>
* ''[Lomandra leucocephala](/source/Lomandra_leucocephala)'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra longifolia](/source/Lomandra_longifolia)'' <small>Labill.</small>
* ''[Lomandra marginata](/source/Lomandra_marginata)'' <small>T.D.Macfarl. & Conran</small>
* ''[Lomandra maritima](/source/Lomandra_maritima)'' <small>T.S.Choo</small>
* ''[Lomandra micrantha](/source/Lomandra_micrantha)'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra montana](/source/Lomandra_montana)'' <small>(R.Br.) L.R.Fraser & Vickery</small>
* ''[Lomandra mucronata](/source/Lomandra_mucronata)'' <small>(R.Br.) [A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)</small>
* ''[Lomandra multiflora](/source/Lomandra_multiflora)'' <small>(R.Br.) Britten</small>
* ''[Lomandra nana](/source/Lomandra_nana)'' <small>([A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)) A.T.Lee</small>
* ''[Lomandra nigricans](/source/Lomandra_nigricans)'' <small>T.D.Macfarl.</small>
* ''[Lomandra nutans](/source/Lomandra_nutans)'' <small>T.D.Macfarl.</small>
* ''[Lomandra obliqua](/source/Lomandra_obliqua)'' <small>(Thunb.) J.F.Macbr.</small>
* ''[Lomandra odora](/source/Lomandra_odora)'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra ordii](/source/Lomandra_ordii)'' <small>(F.Muell.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra oreophila](/source/Lomandra_oreophila)'' <small>B.J.Conn & A.L.Quirico</small>
* ''[Lomandra patens](/source/Lomandra_patens)'' <small>[A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)</small>
* ''[Lomandra pauciflora](/source/Lomandra_pauciflora)'' <small>(R.Br.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra phillipsiorum](/source/Lomandra_phillipsiorum)'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small>
* ''[Lomandra preissii](/source/Lomandra_preissii)'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra purpurea](/source/Lomandra_purpurea)'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra ramosissima](/source/Lomandra_ramosissima)'' <small>Jian Wang ter</small>
* ''[Lomandra rigida](/source/Lomandra_rigida)'' <small>Labill.</small>
* ''[Lomandra rupestris](/source/Lomandra_rupestris)'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra sericea](/source/Lomandra_sericea)'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra sonderi](/source/Lomandra_sonderi)'' <small>(F.Muell.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra sororia](/source/Lomandra_sororia)'' <small>(F.Muell. ex Benth.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra spartea](/source/Lomandra_spartea)'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra spicata](/source/Lomandra_spicata)'' <small>[A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)</small>
* ''[Lomandra suaveolens](/source/Lomandra_suaveolens)'' <small>(Endl.) Ewart</small>
* ''[Lomandra teres](/source/Lomandra_teres)'' <small>T.D.Macfarl.</small>
* ''[Lomandra tropica](/source/Lomandra_tropica)'' <small>[A.T.Lee](/source/Alma_Theodora_Lee)</small>
* ''[Lomandra whicherensis](/source/Lomandra_whicherensis)'' <small>Keighery</small>
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==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.gbif.org/species/2770880 ''Lomandra'': Images & occurrence data] from [GBIF](/source/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility)

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Category:Lomandra
Category:Asparagaceae genera
Category:Asparagales of Australia
Category:Dioecious plants
Category:Taxa named by Jacques Labillardière

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