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Genus: Platycaulos

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Restionaceae

Ten species, endemic to Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Platycaulos acutus

 

Platycaulos anceps

 

Platycaulos callistachyus

 

Platycaulos cascadensis

 

Platycaulos compressus

Platycaulos depauperatus

 

Platycaulos galpinii

[= Restio galpinii]

 

Platycaulos major

 

Platycaulos quartziticola

[= Platycaulos quartziticola]

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

Platycaulos subcompressus