| Leptocarpus laxus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Restionaceae |
| Genus: | Leptocarpus |
| Species: | L. laxus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptocarpus laxus | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Leptocarpus laxus is a rush species of the genus Leptocarpus in the family Restionaceae. [2] It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. [3] [4]
It grows in moist to wet soils, in swamps, creeks, seasonally wet sites, and near road ditches. [4]
It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810 as Restio laxus, [2] [5] a name he gave to two Restio species. [6] [7] This problem of two species with the same name was corrected by Kurt Sprengel in 1825 when he published the name, Restio diffusus, for this species. [6] [8] In 1998, Lawrie Johnson and Barbara Briggs transferred R. diffusus to the genus, Leptocarpus . [9] In 2001 in consideration of IUCN rules, the species Leptocarpus diffusus was renamed Leptocarpus laxus by Barbara Briggs. [6]
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