Leptocarpus (plant)

Leptocarpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Leptocarpus
R. Br. 1810 not Willd. ex Link 1820 (syn of Tamonea[1] in Verbenaceae)
Synonyms[1]
  • Schoenodum Labill.

Leptocarpus is a genus of dioeceous rush-like perennial plants described as a genus in 1810.[2]

The genus as currently conceived is entirely endemic to Australia. A few species native to other places were formerly included, but they have been moved to other genera.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum 250 in Latin
  3. ^ Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Volume II. Indigenous Tracheophyta - Monocotyledons except Graminae. First electronic edition, Landcare Research, June 2004. Transcr. A.D. Wilton and I.M.L. Andres. http://FloraSeries.LandcareResearch.co.nz.