Dielsia

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Dielsia
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Dielsia stenostachya
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Dielsia
Gilg
Species:
D. stenostachya
Binomial name
Dielsia stenostachya
Synonyms [1]
  • Restio stenostachyusW.Fitzg.
  • Dielsia cygnorumGilg

Dielsia is a genus of flowering plant, described in 1904, in the family Restionaceae. [2] [3] There is only one known species, Dielsia stenostachya, endemic to Southwest Australia. [1]

Species in homonymic genus [1]

In 1929, Kudô used the name Dielsia in reference to a plant in the Lamiaceae, thus creating an illegitimate homonym. [4] He also created one species in his genus, i.e.

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