| Gymnostachys | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Gymnostachydoideae |
| Genus: | Gymnostachys R.Br. |
| Species: | G. anceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnostachys anceps R.Br. |
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Gymnostachys is a monotypic genus in the family Araceae. The single species is Gymnostachys anceps (Settler's Twine or Boorgay), native to rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[1]
Gymnostachys is kept to its own subfamily Gymnostachydoideae due to its unique characteristics that include an unusually structured flowering shoot and linear leaves with parallel venation.