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Leptocarpus (plant)

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Leptocarpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Leptocarpus
R. Br. 1810 not Willd. ex Link 1820 (syn of Tamonea[1] in Verbenaceae)
Synonyms[1]
  • Schoenodum Labill.

Leptocarpus is a genus of dioeceous rush-like perennial plants described as a genus in 1810.[2]

The genus as currently conceived is entirely endemic to Australia. A few species native to other places were formerly included, but they have been moved to other genera.[1][3]

Species

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The following species are accepted as of 2021:[4]

Formerly included

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Over 70 other names have been published using the name Leptocarpus, but they have been transferred to other genera, including the following:

Apodasmia, Chaetanthus, Dapsilanthus, Empodisma, Hydrophilus, Hypolaena, Lepyrodia, Meeboldina, Restio, Rhodocoma, Staberoha, Willdenowia.

Name in homonymic genus

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In 1820, the name Leptocarpus was applied to some plants in the Verbenaceae. Thus was created an illegitimate homonym. One species name was included in the illegitimate genus, i.e.:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum 250 in Latin
  3. ^ Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Volume II. Indigenous Tracheophyta - Monocotyledons except Graminae. First electronic edition, Landcare Research, June 2004. Transcr. A.D. Wilton and I.M.L. Andres. http://FloraSeries.LandcareResearch.co.nz.
  4. ^ "Leptocarpus R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-15.