Spinifex is a genus of perennial coastal plants in the grass family.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum 163, 300Tropicos, Spinifex L.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 553 鬣刺属 lie ci shu Spinifex Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 2: 163, 300. 1771.
