Coleocarya

Last updated

Coleocarya
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Coleocarya
S.T.Blake
Species:
C. gracilis
Binomial name
Coleocarya gracilis

Coleocarya is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1943. [1] [2] There is only one known species, Coleocarya gracilis, endemic to Australia (New South Wales and southeastern Queensland). [3]

Related Research Articles

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Government botanical research institute in the UK

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 staff. Its board of trustees is chaired by Dame Amelia Fawcett.

<i>Sorghum</i> Genus of grass cultivated as a food crop

Sorghum is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae. Some of these species have grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals. One species, Sorghum bicolor, was originally domesticated in Africa and has since spread throughout the globe. Seventeen of the 25 species are native to Australia, with the range of some extending to Africa, Asia, Mesoamerica, and certain islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species is grown for grain, while many others are used as fodder plants, either cultivated in warm climates worldwide or naturalized in pasture lands. Sorghum is in the subfamily Panicoideae and the tribe Andropogoneae.

<i>Bertya</i> Genus of flowering plants

Bertya is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1845. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.

<i>Cenchrus</i> Genus of grasses

Cenchrus is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.

<i>Zygochloa</i> Species of plant

Zygochloa is a genus of desert plants in the grass family known only from Australia. The only known species is Zygochloa paradoxa, commonly known as sandhill canegrass. It occurs in extremely arid areas such as the Simpson Desert.

<i>Halodule</i> Genus of aquatic plants

Halodule is a genus of plants in the family Cymodoceaceae described as a genus in 1841. It is widespread on tropical and semi-tropical ocean shores of all continents except Europe and Antarctica.

Plinthanthesis is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.

<i>Thyridolepis</i> Genus of grasses

Thyridolepis is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.

<i>Paraneurachne</i> Genus of grasses

Paraneurachne is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Paraneurachne muelleri native to Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland.

Ectrosia is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.

Germainia is a genus of Chinese, Asian and Australian plants in the grass family.

<i>Cordyline stricta</i> Species of flowering plant

Cordyline stricta, known as the Slender Palm Lily, or Narrow-leaved Palm Lily is an evergreen Australian plant. A shrub to 5 metres tall found in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest, usually on the coastal lowlands. From near Bilpin, New South Wales further north to Queensland. C. stricta has become naturalised in Victoria.

<i>Osbornia</i>

Osbornia is a genus of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1862. It contains only one known species, i.e., Osbornia octodonta, native to Borneo, the Philippines, and Australia.

Pleuranthodium is a genus of plants in the ginger family. Of the 23 known species, 21 are endemic to New Guinea, one to Queensland and one to the Bismarck Archipelago.

Arthrostylidium excelsum is a species of Arthrostylidium bamboo in the grass family.

Arthrostylidium longiflorum is a species of Arthrostylidium bamboo in the grass family.

Bambusa concava is a species of Bambusa bamboo.

Plants of the World Online is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by 2020". The initial focus was on tropical African Floras, particularly Flora Zambesiaca, Flora of West Tropical Africa and Flora of Tropical East Africa.

Strobilanthes penstemonoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It occurs in China, Bhutan, India, and Nepal. Its specific epithet has been spelled as penstemonoides, pentstemonoides, and pentastemonoides.

<i>Hylodesmum glutinosum</i> Species of legume

Hylodesmum glutinosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Common names include large tick-trefoil, clustered-leaved tick-trefoil, large-flowered tick-clover, pointed tick-trefoil, beggar's lice and pointed-leaved tick-trefoil. It occurs in eastern Canada, the central and eastern United States, and northeastern Mexico.

References

  1. Blake, Stanley Thatcher. 1943. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 54(9): 75
  2. "Tropicos | Name - Coleocarya S.T. Blake". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  3. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2018-03-19.