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Boryaceae is a family of highly drought-tolerant flowering plants native to Australia, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family includes two genera, with twelve species in total in Australia. Until recently, this family was not recognized by many taxonomists; most systems put the two genera, Borya and Alania, in the Anthericaceae or the Liliaceae. The 2016 APG IV system (unchanged from the 1998, 2003 and 2009 versions) does recognize this family and places it in the order Asparagales, in the clade monocots, based on molecular phylogenetic evidence that shows the two genera

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Byblis aquatica is an insectivorous plant belonging to the genus Byblis, commonly known as the rainbow plants. It was described by Allen Lowrie and John Godfrey Conran in 1998, assigned to a group of annual north Australian species known as the "Byblis liniflora complex". It grows in semi-aquatic conditions and uses stalked mucilaginous glands (similar to those employed by the unrelated sundews and Drosophyllum) covering its leaf surfaces to attract, catch, and digest insect prey to supplement the poor environmental nutrient supply.

Byblis lamellata is a carnivorous plant in the Byblidaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Drosera aberrans is a perennial tuberous species in the genus Drosera that is native to New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria. It grows in a rosette 3 to 5 cm in diameter with green, orange-yellow, or red leaves. It is native to southern inland South Australia, southern and central Victoria, and one single collection from New South Wales. It grows in a variety of soils from sand to laterite gravel and limestone clay in mallee woodland, heathland, and open forests. It flowers from July to September.

Byblis rorida is a species of carnivorous plant in the Byblidaceae family that is endemic to Australia. They have surfaces covered in glandular hairs, which can capture and also digest small insects. They are annuals with fibrous roots, at the end of the dry season the plants die back. Relying on seed to grow in the next wet season. Smut fungus Yelsemia lowrieana (in the family Melanotaeniaceae) was found on a species of plant on the shores of Lake Campion near the town of Mukinbudin.

Byblis guehoi is a species of carnivorous plant in the genus Byblis. It is a compact species and is tetraploid. It was described in 2008 by Allen Lowrie and John Godfrey Conran. It is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Drosera allantostigma is a species of pygmy sundew from Australia. The specific epithet "allantostigma" is derived from Latin and means "sausage-shaped stigma" (allantoideus = sausage-shaped; stigma = the receptive surface on the style that pollen germinates on).

Kuntheria is a plant genus related to Schelhammera. It contains one species, Kuntheria pedunculata (F.Muell.) Conran & Clifford, endemic to Queensland, Australia.

Utricularia simmonsii is a small annual or perennial terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia and is the only member of Utricularia sect. Minutae. U. simmonsii is endemic to Australia and is only known from a few locations in the Northern Territory and Queensland. It and the section Minutae were originally published and described by Allen Lowrie, Ian D. Cowie, and John Godfrey Conran in 2008. It was named in honor of Paul Simmons, who discovered the species in Queensland in 2005. Lowrie et al. placed the section and species in subgenus Utricularia sensu Taylor

Drosera schmutzii, also known as Schmutz's sundew, is a perennial species of tuberous plant in the family Droseraceae. It is endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia and occurs mostly in the northern and eastern areas. It grows in sandy clay with laterite soils in open areas amongst Allocasuarina muelleriana and often in the presence of Stylidium tepperianum. Drosera schmutzii grows in a rosette 3 to 4 cm in diameter with green to red leaves. It flowers from June to September.

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Kuntheria is a plant genus related to Schelhammera. It contains one species, Kuntheria pedunculata (F.Muell.) Conran & Clifford, endemic to Queensland, Australia.

Smilax aculeatissima is a species of flowering plants known only from the State of Queensland in northeastern Australia.

Romnalda ophiopogonoides is a species of plant in the asparagus family Asparagaceae endemic to a restricted area of the Wet Tropics of Queensland. In the wild, it has only been found in a few isolated locations in the vicinity of Cooper Creek. It is a small, hard-leaved lily-like plant that forms in tufts or in clumps, atop stilt-like roots. Its foliage grows up to approximately 15 cm (5.9 in) tall and has long, narrow leaves that are 6 to 12 cm (2.4 to 4.7 in) long and only 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide. Its flower stalks are up to approximately 20 cm (7.9 in) tall, carrying clusters of the

Ripogonum brevifolium, commonly known as small–leaved supplejack, is a vine, or sometimes a shrub, native to Australia. The species occurs in the states of Queensland and New South Wales.

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Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales. It has previously been treated as a separate family, Agavaceae, and by 2020, several sources had restored the taxonomic status of Agavaceae as an independent family. The group includes many well-known desert and dry-zone types, such as the agaves and yuccas (including the Joshua tree). About 640 species are placed in around 23 genera; they are widespread in the tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions of the world.

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Thysanotus racemoides is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a perennial herb with a rhizomatous, more or less cylindrical rootstock, fibrous roots, few leaves or leafless, flowers arranged in pairs, with pink to mauve perianth segments, fringed petals and six stamens of differing lengths.

Tapheocarpa is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described as a genus in 1994. The genus consists of a single known species, Tapheocarpa calandrinioides, endemic to the State of Queensland in Australia.

Drosera murfetii is a species of the carnivorous sundew family, and is endemic to western Tasmania, Australia. It has glandular hairs which produce a sticky substance that traps insects. Although similar in appearance to its close relative, D. arcturi, this species is distinct in that it tends to possess only one or two carnivorous leaves, the rest being non-carnivorous. Other features that distinguish it from D. arcturi are its larger size and tendency to produce more flowers per scape.

Drosera hookeri, the grassland sundew is an shortly erect perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera. Drosera hookeri is found in south-eastern Australia. Although the holotype was collected in Tasmania, its distribution also includes Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.

Byblis pilbarana is a carnivorous species of plant in the family Byblidaceae. It is found in Western Australia.

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