Eurychorda

Eurychorda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Eurychorda
B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
Species:
E. complanata
Binomial name
Eurychorda complanata
Synonyms[1]

Eurychorda is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Restionaceae formally described in 1998.[2][3] The only known species, Eurychorda complanata, commonly known as the flat cord-rush, is endemic to Australia.[1] It is characterised by flattened stems and reduced, sheathing leaves.

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Briggs, Barbara Gillian & Johnson, Lawrence Alexander Sidney. 1998. Telopea 7: 357.
  3. ^ Tropicos, Eurychorda B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson