Chaetanthus

Chaetanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Chaetanthus
R. Br.
Type species
Chaetanthus leptocarpoides
R. Br.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Prionosepalum Steud.

Chaetanthus is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1810.[1][3] The entire genus is endemic to the southern part of the State of Western Australia.[2]

Species[2]
  1. Chaetanthus aristatus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
  2. Chaetanthus leptocarpoides R.Br.
  3. Chaetanthus tenellus (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Chaetanthus R. Br.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum 251


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