Mastersiella

Mastersiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Mastersiella
Gilg-Ben.
Type species
Mastersiella digitata
(Thunb.) Gilg-Ben.[1][2]

Mastersiella is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1930.[2][3]

The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[4]

Species[4]
  1. Mastersiella digitata (Thunb.) Gilg-Ben.
  2. Mastersiella purpurea (Pillans) H.P.Linder
  3. Mastersiella spathulata (Pillans) H.P.Linder

References

  1. lectotype designated by H.P. Linder, Bothalia 15: 66 (1984)
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Mastersiella Endl.
  3. Gilg-Benedict, Charlotte. 1930. Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Zweite Auflage 15a: 25
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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