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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Posidonia coriacea Cambridge & J.Kuo

Reference
Aquatic Bot. 20:285-290 (1984)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, submerged, clumped perennial, herb, leaves 2.5-7 mm wide. White sand. At 1-30 m deep.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1994

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Busselton, Carnarvon, Cockburn, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Waroona.