Two new species of Lomandra (Asparagaceae: Lomandroideae) from north Queensland, Australia Author Wang, Jian Queensland Herbarium & Biodiversity Science, Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Author Gray, Bruce 0009-0002-5412-9320 text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-05-06 646 3 293 300 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.646.3.5 journal article 302274 10.11646/phytotaxa.646.3.5 6bbcbfae-3013-46fe-be92-f6cf2ecf358e 1179-3163 13215475

TABLE 1. Diagnostic characteristics of three morphologically and phylogenetically related Lomandra species.

	L. grayi	L. scabrifolia	L. tenuis
Leaf surfaces	Glabrous	Scabrous	Glabrous
Leaf colour	Green to yellowish green	Bluish green and glaucous	Green to yellowish green
Leaf width	3–5 mm	1.1–2 mm	0.5–0.8 mm
Leaf apex	Obtuse, near rounded, minutely toothed	Rounded to obtuse without teeth	Acuminate
Male and female inflorescences	Dissimilar	Similar	Similar
Male inflorescences	20–55 cm long, unbranched or with a few branches	2–3 cm long, unbranched (raceme)	12–27 cm long, branched
Male flower number	40–80	6–30	10–30
Male flower length	1.5–2 mm long	1.3–1.8 mm long	1.5–1.8 mm long
Male pedicels	3–4 mm long	0.2–1.1 mm long	1.5–4 mm long
Female inflorescences	14–30 cm long	1–2.5 cm long	10–21 cm long
Female flower number	10–25	10–25	3–7
Female flower length	1.6–2.8 mm long	1.5–2.5 mm long	1.7–2.6 mm long
Female pedicels	0.5–0.6 mm long	0.3–0.4 mm long	1–2 mm long