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Paspalum batianoffii is an extinct stoloniferous perennial grass known from a single collection on a foredune at Statue Bay Beach near Yeppoon, Queensland, where it helped bind sand. It is not in cultivation, so the care fields below describe only general grass-like needs and are not practical growing advice.
Paspalum batianoffii is an extinct grass species which was endemic to Rosslyn Bay. It was only known from a single location on the foredunes at Statue Bay Beach 6.5 km from Yeppoon, Capricorn Coast in Central Queensland
This species was only known from one preserved herbarium specimen collected by Australian Botanist, Batianoff, G.N and Mcdonald, T.J, in 1977 and later identified in 1991. It was collected growing at Statue Bay Beach near the Rosslyn Head Section of the Capricorn Coast National Park. The collection remark states that Paspalum batianoffii was a "stoloniferous perennial which grew on a beach just above high water mark, in its growth habit it is similar to Stenotaphrum secundatum on some foredunes in the area, performing sand binding function". P. batianoffii occurred on a very narrow foredune in open casuarina woodland containing Casuarina equisetifolia var. incana with Hibiscus tiliaceus, and Excoecaria agallocha in less exposed areas. The ground cover of this habitat was a mix of many introduced and native plant species such as Panicum maximum, Ipomoea pes-caprae, Zoysia macrantha, and another Paspalum species.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paspalum batianoffii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
