Platycaulos

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| image = Platycaulos callistachyus-2.jpg

| image_caption = Platycaulos callistachyus

| taxon = Platycaulos

| authority = H.P.Linder

| type_species = Platycaulos compressus

| type_species_authority = (Rottb.) H.P. Linder.

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Platycaulos is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1984.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40037143 Tropicos, Platycaulos H.P.Linder]Linder, Hans Peter. 1984. Bothalia 15: 64 The genus is native to Africa including Madagascar.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=259053 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

; Species

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• Platycaulos acutus - Cape Province
• Platycaulos anceps - Cape Province
• Platycaulos callistachyus - Cape Province
• Platycaulos cascadensis - Cape Province
• Platycaulos compressus - Cape Province
• Platycaulos depauperatus - Cape Province
• Platycaulos galpinii - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
• Platycaulos mahonii - Zaïre, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar
• Platycaulos major - Cape Province
• Platycaulos mlanjiensis - Malawi
• Platycaulos quartziticola - Zimbabwe, Mozambique
• Platycaulos subcompressus - Cape Province }}