Bird's-beak Grass (species: Thuarea involuta) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Thuarea involuta
Bird's-beak Grass


©Anne Hoggett: Thuarea involuta at Casuarina Beachj, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Inflorescence of Thuarea involuta at Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Inflorescence of Thuarea involuta at Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Thuarea
Species Thuarea involuta

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Cribb, A.B. and J.W. Cribb (1985). Plant life of the Great Barrier Reef and adjacent shores University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Other references

  • Buckley, R. (1988). Plant succession under repeated disturbance: establishment and growth of strandline forbs and creepers on unstable beaches in the wet tropics, Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia, 15: 307-311. LIRS catalog number 678.
  • Byrnes, N.B., S.L. Everist, S.T. Reynolds, A. Specht and R.L. Specht (1977). The vegetation of Lizard Island, North Queensland, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 88: 1-15. LIRS catalog number 3.
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