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Triodia pungens

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Short description: Species of plant

Triodia pungens
"Triodia pungens" (green) and "Triodia basedowii" (blue-grey)
Triodia pungens (green) and Triodia basedowii (blue-grey)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Triodia
Species:
T. pungens
Binomial name
Triodia pungens
R.Br. 1810

Triodia pungens, commonly known as soft spinifex, is a species of grass native to northwestern Australia.[1] The plant is currently being researched due to its resinous properties as a Termite timber coating.[2] Other research and applications are as a latex enhancer and bitumen adhesive.[3]

In its natural habitat, the Spinifex is used by local Indigenous people as a weapon and housing adhesive.

Originally described by botanist Robert Brown in his 1810 work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae,[4] Triodia pungens still bears its original binomial name.

References

  1. ↑ "Triodia pungens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/. 
  2. ↑ Amiralian, Nasim; Annamalai, Pratheep K.; Fitzgerald, Chris; Memmott, Paul; Martin, Darren J. (2014-08-01). "Optimisation of resin extraction from an Australian arid grass 'Triodia pungens' and its preliminary evaluation as an anti-termite timber coating" (in en). Industrial Crops and Products 59: 241–247. doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.04.045. ISSN 0926-6690. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092666901400260X. 
  3. ↑ Amiralian, Nasim; Annamalai, Pratheep K.; Memmott, Paul; Martin, Darren J. (2015). "Isolation of cellulose nanofibrils from Triodia pungens via different mechanical methods". Cellulose (Springer) 22: 2483–2498. doi:10.1007/s10570-015-0688-x. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10570-015-0688-x. Retrieved 31 August 2025. 
  4. ↑ Brown, Robert (1810) (in Latin). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London, United Kingdom: Richard Taylor and Company. pp. 182. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954338. 

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