Gaimardia

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Gaimardia is a genus of plants in the Restionaceae family. It has a disjunct distribution in New Zealand, New Guinea, Tasmania and extreme southern South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=246549 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

The APG III system classifies this genus in the Centrolepidaceae family.

Species

Four species are recognised:{{cite web|last1=Ford|first1=Kerry A. (2014)|title=Centrolepidaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Brownsey, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand – Seed Plants. Fascicle 2.|url=http://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Centrolepidaceae.html|website=nzflora.info/index.html|publisher=Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.}}

Gaimardia amblyphylla W.M.Curtis – Tasmania
Gaimardia australis Gaudich. – Falkland Islands, Magellan Strait region in Chile + Argentina
Gaimardia fitzgeraldii F.Muell. & Rodw. – Tasmania
Gaimardia setacea Hook.f. –- New Guinea, Tasmania, New Zealand South Island

References

Category:Poales genera

Category:Restionaceae