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]

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[1]
  • Restio stenostachyus W.Fitzg.
  • Dielsia cygnorum Gilg
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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Gilg, Ernest Friedrich. 1904. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35: 88-89 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Dielsia Gilg
  4. ^ Kudô, Yushun. 1929. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture Taihoku Imperial University 2(2): 143