Thamnochortus
Thamnochortus cinereus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Thamnochortus
P.J.Bergius
Type species
Thamnochortus fruticosus
P.J.Bergius [1]

Thamnochortus is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1767.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[3]

Species[3]
  • Thamnochortus acuminatus
  • Thamnochortus amoena
  • Thamnochortus arenarius
  • Thamnochortus bachmannii
  • Thamnochortus cinereus
  • Thamnochortus dumosus
  • Thamnochortus ellipticus
  • Thamnochortus erectus
  • Thamnochortus fraternus
  • Thamnochortus fruticosus
  • Thamnochortus glaber
  • Thamnochortus gracilis
  • Thamnochortus guthrieae
  • Thamnochortus insignis
  • Thamnochortus kammanassiae
  • Thamnochortus karooica
  • Thamnochortus levynsiae
  • Thamnochortus lucens
  • Thamnochortus muirii
  • Thamnochortus nutans
  • Thamnochortus obtusus
  • Thamnochortus paniculatus
  • Thamnochortus papyraceus
  • Thamnochortus pellucidus
  • Thamnochortus platypteris
  • Thamnochortus pluristachyus
  • Thamnochortus pulcher
  • Thamnochortus punctatus
  • Thamnochortus rigidus
  • Thamnochortus scabridus
  • Thamnochortus schlechteri
  • Thamnochortus spicigerus
  • Thamnochortus sporadicus
  • Thamnochortus stokoei
formerly included[3]

moved to other genera: Cannomois Hypodiscus Restio Rhodocoma Staberoha

  • T. aemulus - Staberoha aemula
  • T. argenteus (Thunb.) Kunth 1841 not Pillans 1928 - Hypodiscus argenteus
  • T. cernuus - Staberoha cernua
  • T. debilis - Restio debilis
  • T. distichus - Restio distichus
  • T. giganteus - Rhodocoma gigantea
  • T. imbricatus - Staberoha distachyos
  • T. imbricatus var. stenopterus - Staberoha cernua
  • T. membranaceus - Restio distichus
  • T. micans - Restio micans
  • T. modestus - Rhodocoma fruticosa
  • T. occultus - Restio occultus
  • T. robustus - Cannomois robusta
  • T. scirpoides - Cannomois scirpoides
  • T. strictus - Cannomois parviflora
  • T. umbellatus - Staberoha distachyos
  • T. virgatus - Cannomois virgata

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Thamnochortus P.J.Bergius
  2. Bergius, Peter Jonas. 1767. Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei 353
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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