Dielsia

Dielsia
Dielsia stenostachya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Dielsia
Gilg
Species:
D. stenostachya
Binomial name
Dielsia stenostachya
Synonyms
  • Restio stenostachyus W.Fitzg.
  • Dielsia cygnorum Gilg

Dielsia is a genus of flowering plant, described in 1904, in the family Restionaceae. There is only one known species, Dielsia stenostachya, endemic to Southwest Australia.

Species in homonymic genus

In 1929, Kudô used the name Dielsia in reference to a plant in the Lamiaceae, thus creating an illegitimate homonym. He also created one species in his genus, i.e.

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