Platycaulos

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

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]
  1. Platycaulos acutus - Cape Province
  2. Platycaulos anceps - Cape Province
  3. Platycaulos callistachyus - Cape Province
  4. Platycaulos cascadensis - Cape Province
  5. Platycaulos compressus - Cape Province
  6. Platycaulos depauperatus - Cape Province
  7. Platycaulos galpinii - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
  8. Platycaulos mahonii - Zaïre, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar
  9. Platycaulos major - Cape Province
  10. Platycaulos mlanjiensis - Malawi
  11. Platycaulos quartziticola - Zimbabwe, Mozambique
  12. Platycaulos subcompressus - Cape Province

References

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


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