Dielsia

Dielsia is a genus of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1904.[2][3] There is only one known species, Dielsia stenostachya, endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Species in homonymic genus[1]

Dielsia
Dielsia stenostachya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Dielsia
Gilg 1904 not Kudô 1929 (syn of Isodon in Lamiaceae)
Species:
D. stenostachya
Binomial name
Dielsia stenostachya
(W.Fitzg.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
Synonyms[1]
  • Restio stenostachyus W.Fitzg.
  • Dielsia cygnorum Gilg

In 1929, Kudô used the name Dielsia in reference to a plant in the Lamiaceae, thus creating an illegitimate homonym.[4] He also created one species in his genus, i.e.

  • Dielsia oreophila (Diels) Kudô, syn of Isodon oreophilus (Diels) A.J.Paton & Ryding

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