Gahnia grandis
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Gahnia grandis is a tussock-forming perennial plant found in southeastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.
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Gahnia grandis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Gahnia |
Species: | G. grandis |
Binomial name | |
Gahnia grandis (Labill.) S.T.Blake. | |
Synonyms | |
Scleria grandis Labill. |
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Originally described by botanist Jacques Labillardière as Scleria grandis in 1800,[1] it was placed in its current genus by S. T. Blake in 1969.[2] In Tasmania, Gahnia is the most widely seen genus, with seven native species. Six of these species are very large, erect graminoids with sharp-edged leaves resembling a razor, hence the common names cutting grass and cutty grass.