Dielsia is a genus of flowering plant, described in 1904, in the family Restionaceae.[2][3] There is only one known species, Dielsia stenostachya, endemic to Western Australia.[1]
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| Dielsia stenostachya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Restionaceae |
| Genus: | Dielsia Gilg |
| Species: | D. stenostachya
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| Binomial name | |
| Dielsia stenostachya | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species in homonymic genus[1]
In 1929, Kudô used the name Dielsia in reference to a plant in the Lamiaceae, thus creating an illegitimate homonym.[4] He also created one species in his genus, i.e.
- Dielsia oreophila (Diels) Kudô, syn of Isodon oreophilus (Diels) A.J.Paton & Ryding
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Gilg, Ernest Friedrich. 1904. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35: 88-89 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Dielsia Gilg
- ^ Kudô, Yushun. 1929. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture Taihoku Imperial University 2(2): 143
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