Biology:Empodisma

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Empodisma
E.minus plant.jpg
E. minus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Empodisma
L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler

Empodisma is a genus of herbaceous rush-like plants in the family Restionaceae first described in 1974.[1][2][3] It is native to Australia and New Zealand.[4]

species[4]
  • Empodisma gracillimum (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler - Western Australia
  • Empodisma minus (Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, North Island of New Zealand
  • Empodisma robustum Wagstaff & B.R.Clarkson - North Island of New Zealand

References

  1. "Empodisma L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=12320. 
  2. Johnson, Lawrence Alexander Sidney & Cutler, David Frederick. 1974. Kew Bulletin 28: 383
  3. Tropicos, Empodisma L.A.S. Johnson & D.F. Cutler
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Wikidata ☰ Q5374386 entry