Elegia (plant)

Elegia is a genus of grass-like plants in the family Restionaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1771.[2][3] The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[1] Some are grown as ornamentals in gardens.

Elegia
Elegia fistulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Elegia
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Synonyms[1]
  • Chondropetalum Rottb.
  • Dovea Kunth
  • Lamprocaulos Mast.

Species[1]

  • Elegia acockii
  • Elegia aggregata
  • Elegia altigena
  • Elegia asperiflora
  • Elegia atratiflora
  • Elegia caespitosa
  • Elegia capensis
  • Elegia coleura
  • Elegia cuspidata
  • Elegia decipiens
  • Elegia deusta
  • Elegia ebracteata
  • Elegia elephantina
  • Elegia equisetacea
  • Elegia esterhuyseniae
  • Elegia extensa
  • Elegia fastigata
  • Elegia fenestrata
  • Elegia filacea
  • Elegia fistulosa
  • Elegia fucata
  • Elegia galpinii
  • Elegia grandis
  • Elegia grandispicata
  • Elegia hookeriana
  • Elegia hutchinsonii
  • Elegia intermedia
  • Elegia juncea
  • Elegia macrocarpa
  • Elegia marlothii
  • Elegia microcarpa
  • Elegia mucronata
  • Elegia muirii
  • Elegia neesii
  • Elegia nuda
  • Elegia persistens
  • Elegia prominens
  • Elegia racemosa
  • Elegia recta
  • Elegia rigida
  • Elegia spathacea
  • Elegia squamosa
  • Elegia stipularis
  • Elegia stokoei
  • Elegia tectorum
  • Elegia thyrsifera
  • Elegia thyrsoidea
  • Elegia vaginulata
  • Elegia verreauxii

References

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


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