Desmocladus flexuosus | |
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Desmocladus flexuosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Restionaceae |
Genus: | Desmocladus |
Species: | D. flexuosus |
Binomial name | |
Desmocladus flexuosus | |
Occurrence from AVH |
Desmocladus flexuosus is a rhizatomous, sedge-like herb in the Restionaceae family, [3] endemic to south-west Western Australia. [3]
It was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown as Restio flexuosus, [4] [5] but in 1998 Barbara Briggs and L.A.S.Johnson reassigned it to the genus, Desmocladus . [2] [1]
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