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Table 1. Genera of Xanthorrhoeaceae sensu lato 
Genus 
Publication year 
No. spp. 
Distribution 
Acanthocarpus Lehm. 
1846 
7 
SW Australia 
Baxteria R.Br. ex Hook. 
1843 
1 
SW Australia 
Calectasia R.Br. 
1820 
3 
SW & S/E Australia 
Chamaexeros Benth. 
1878 
3 or 4 
SW Australia 
Dasypogon R.Br. 
1810 
3 
SW Australia 
Kingia R.Br. 
1825 
1 
SW Australia 
Lomandra Labill. 
1804 
50 
Australia, New Guinea (2), 
New Caledonia (1) 
Romnalda P. Stevens 
1978 
3 
New Guinea (1), 
Queensland (2) 
Xanthorrhoea Smith 
1798 
28 
Australia 
Xerolirion A.S. George 
1986 
1 
SW Australia 
Material and methods 
The slides made for Fahn's (1954,1961) investigations are present in the slide collection 
at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (labelled below as F). In addition, some slides 
were prepared for this investigation from dried material in the Kew Herbarium (K) 
and from fixed material collected by one of us (PJR) in Australia, for which voucher 
specimens are deposited in the Western Australian Herbarium (PERTH) and the 
National Herbarium of New South Wales (NSW). 
Acanlhocarpus Lehm.: A. preissii Lehm. (F: 2 specimens; & K: Melville 71, Cranfield 160). 
Baxteria R.Br. ex Hook.: B. australis R.Br. (F; & K: Mann 122, Melville 4463). 
Calectasia R.Br.: C. cyanea R.Br. (F; & PERTH: Rudall 37 & 41; & K: Morrison s.n.). 
Chamaexeros Benth.: C. fimbriata (F.Muell.) Benth. (K: Wilson 8715), C. serra (Endl.) 
Benth. (F; & K: Armstrong 85/134). 
Dasypogon R.Br.: D. bromeliifolius R.Br. (F; & PERTH: Rudall 32), D. hookeri J.L. 
Drumm. (F; & PERTH: Rudall 29), D. oblicpiifolius Lehm. (K: Mann & George 76). 
Kingia R.Br.: K. australis R.Br. (F; & PERTH: Rudall 30; & K: Morrison 8287). 
Lomaudra Labill.: (F: 29 species, including L. collina (R.Br.) Ewart, L. obliqua), L. hastilis 
(R.Br.) Ewart (PERTH: Rudall 44), L. preissii (Endl.) Ewart (PERTH: Rudall 19). 
Romnalda P.Stevens: R. grallata R.Henderson (K: Henderson & Clarkson H2640, 
Clarkson 3648), R. papuaua (Lauterb.) P. Stevens (K; J.Van Dijk 24). 
Xautlwrrlioea Smith: several species, including X. australis (F; & K: NGW 3013). 
Xerolirion A.S.George: X. divaricata (K: A.S. George 14321). 
Field-collected material was fixed in formalin acetic alcohol (FAA) and stored in 
70% alcohol. Herbarium material was boiled in water to rehydrate it. For light 
microscope (LM) observations, sections of leaves and stems were cut using a Reichert 
sliding microtome, stained with safranin and Alcian blue, dehydrated through an 
alcohol series to 100% alcohol, then Histoclear, then mounted on microscope slides 
in Euparal. Photomicrographs were taken using a Leitz Diaplan photomicroscope. 
