Empodisma

Empodisma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Empodisma
L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler

Empodisma is a genus of herbaceous rush-like plants in the family Restionaceae described as a genus in 1974.[1][2][3] It is native to Australia and New Zealand.[4]

species[4]
  1. Empodisma gracillimum (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler - Western Australia
  2. Empodisma minus (Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, North Island of New Zealand
  3. Empodisma robustum Wagstaff & B.R.Clarkson - North Island of New Zealand

References

  1. "Empodisma L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Johnson, Lawrence Alexander Sidney & Cutler, David Frederick. 1974. Kew Bulletin 28: 383
  3. Tropicos, Empodisma L.A.S. Johnson & D.F. Cutler
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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