Elegia (plant)

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Elegia
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Elegia fistulosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Elegia
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Synonyms [1]
  • ChondropetalumRottb.
  • DoveaKunth
  • LamprocaulosMast.

Elegia is a genus of grass-like plants in the family Restionaceae endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. [1] [2] Some species are grown as ornamentals in gardens.

It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1771. [3]

Species [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Tropicos, Elegia L.
  3. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum 2: 162, 297