Desmocladus flexuosus

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Desmocladus flexuosus is a rhizomatous, sedge-like herb in the Restionaceae family, endemic to south-west Western Australia.

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown as Restio flexuosus, but in 1998 Barbara Briggs and L.A.S.Johnson reassigned it to the genus, Desmocladus.

References

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Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1998) New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 26.

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Brown, R. (1810) Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 247.

{{APNI2|id=56389|name=Restio flexuousus|accessdate=23 January 2019}}

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