Elegia microcarpa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Restionaceae
Subfamilia: Restionoideae
Tribus: Restioneae
Genus: Elegia
Species: Elegia microcarpa

Name

Elegia microcarpa (Kunth) Moline & H.P.Linder, Syst. Bot. 30(4): 772 (2005).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Dovea microcarpa Kunth in Enum. Pl. 3: 459 (1841)
• Homotypic
  • Chondropetalum microcarpum (Kunth) Pillans in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 16: 303 (1928)
• Heterotypic
  • Dovea rigens Mast. in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 66: 7 (1900)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Moline, P.M. & Linder, H.P. 2005. Molecular Phylogeny and Generic Delimitation in the Elegia Group (Restionaceae, South Africa) Based on a Complete Taxon Sampling and Four Chloroplast DNA Regions Systematic Botany 30(4): 759–772. DOI: 10.1600/036364405775097842, JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Elegia microcarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Elegia microcarpa. 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 Oct. 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Elegia microcarpa. Published online. Accessed: 03. Oct. 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Elegia microcarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Oct. 2024.