Platycaulos

Platycaulos is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1984.[1][2] The genus is native to Africa including Madagascar.[3]

Species[3]
  • Platycaulos acutus - Cape Province
  • Platycaulos anceps - Cape Province
  • Platycaulos callistachyus - Cape Province
  • Platycaulos cascadensis - Cape Province
  • Platycaulos compressus - Cape Province
  • Platycaulos depauperatus - Cape Province
  • Platycaulos galpinii - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Platycaulos mahonii - Zaïre, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar
  • Platycaulos major - Cape Province
  • Platycaulos mlanjiensis - Malawi
  • Platycaulos quartziticola - Zimbabwe, Mozambique
  • Platycaulos subcompressus - Cape Province

Platycaulos
Platycaulos callistachyus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Platycaulos
H.P.Linder
Type species
Platycaulos compressus
(Rottb.) H.P. Linder.[1]

References
  1. Tropicos, Platycaulos H.P.Linder
  2. Linder, Hans Peter. 1984. Bothalia 15: 64
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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