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Pollia crispata
Killiekrankie Mountain, New England National Park, Australia
Illustration by Ferdinand Bauer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Pollia
Species:	P. crispata
Binomial name
Pollia crispata (R.Br.) Benth.
Synonyms
Aneilema crispatum R.Br.

Pollia crispata is a perennial herb found in rainforest or rainforest margins in eastern Australia. The specific epithet crispata is derived from Latin, meaning "wavy". Found from near Nowra in New South Wales to tropical Queensland.

It is one of the many plants first described by Robert Brown with the type known as "(J.) v.v." Published in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810, the plant was later moved by the systematic botanist George Bentham into the genus Pollia.

References

1. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 385
2. Wilson, Peter G. "PlantNET - FloraOnline". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved June 10, 2016.

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