Aphelia (Centrolepidaceae)

Aphelia nutans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Restionaceae
Subfamilia: Centrolepidoideae
Genus: Aphelia
Species: A. brizula – A. cyperoides – A. drummondii – A. gracilis – A. nutans – A. pumilio

Name

Aphelia R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 251 (1810).

• Type species: Aphelia cyperoides R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 252 (1810).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Brizula Hieron., Bot. Zeit. 30:206 (1872).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. 
• Cooke, D.A. 1995. A taxonomic revision of Aphelia (Centrolepidaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 16: 95-109. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Aphelia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Aphelia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Aphelia. Published online. Accessed: 8. Nov. 2024. Reference page.

For more multimedia, look at Aphelia (Centrolepidaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.