Alexgeorgea

Alexgeorgea
Flowers are in the background while three purple threadlike strands stick up out of the sand.
Male Alexgeorgea flowers are in the background while only the three stigmas of a female flower are above ground.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Alexgeorgea
Carlquist
Species

Alexgeorgea is a genus of three plant species found in Western Australia belonging to the family Restionaceae named in honour of the botanist Alex George in 1976.[1] The flowers of the female and large nut-like fruit are completely underground except for the stigmas, which extend out of the ground as 3 purple or red threads.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Carlquist 1976 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Briggs 1990 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).