Empodisma

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Empodisma is a genus of herbaceous rush-like plants in the family Restionaceae first described in 1974.{{APNI | name =Empodisma L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler | id = 12320}}Johnson, Lawrence Alexander Sidney & Cutler, David Frederick. 1974. Kew Bulletin 28: 383[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002849 Tropicos, Empodisma L.A.S. Johnson & D.F. Cutler ] It is native to Australia and New Zealand.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=243222 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

; species

  • Empodisma gracillimum (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler - Western Australia
  • Empodisma minus (Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, North Island of New Zealand
  • Empodisma robustum Wagstaff & B.R.Clarkson - North Island of New Zealand

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Category:Restionaceae

Category:Poales genera

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