Thamnochortus

Thamnochortus
Thamnochortus cinereus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Thamnochortus
P.J.Bergius
Type species
Thamnochortus fruticosus
P.J.Bergius [1]

Thamnochortus is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1767.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[3]

Species[3]
  1. Thamnochortus acuminatus
  2. Thamnochortus amoena
  3. Thamnochortus arenarius
  4. Thamnochortus bachmannii
  5. Thamnochortus cinereus
  6. Thamnochortus dumosus
  7. Thamnochortus ellipticus
  8. Thamnochortus erectus
  9. Thamnochortus fraternus
  10. Thamnochortus fruticosus
  11. Thamnochortus glaber
  12. Thamnochortus gracilis
  13. Thamnochortus guthrieae
  14. Thamnochortus insignis
  15. Thamnochortus kammanassiae
  16. Thamnochortus karooica
  17. Thamnochortus levynsiae
  18. Thamnochortus lucens
  19. Thamnochortus muirii
  20. Thamnochortus nutans
  21. Thamnochortus obtusus
  22. Thamnochortus paniculatus
  23. Thamnochortus papyraceus
  24. Thamnochortus pellucidus
  25. Thamnochortus platypteris
  26. Thamnochortus pluristachyus
  27. Thamnochortus pulcher
  28. Thamnochortus punctatus
  29. Thamnochortus rigidus
  30. Thamnochortus scabridus
  31. Thamnochortus schlechteri
  32. Thamnochortus spicigerus
  33. Thamnochortus sporadicus
  34. Thamnochortus stokoei
formerly included[3]

moved to other genera: Cannomois Hypodiscus Restio Rhodocoma Staberoha

  1. T. aemulus - Staberoha aemula
  2. T. argenteus (Thunb.) Kunth 1841 not Pillans 1928 - Hypodiscus argenteus
  3. T. cernuus - Staberoha cernua
  4. T. debilis - Restio debilis
  5. T. distichus - Restio distichus
  6. T. giganteus - Rhodocoma gigantea
  7. T. imbricatus - Staberoha distachyos
  8. T. imbricatus var. stenopterus - Staberoha cernua
  9. T. membranaceus - Restio distichus
  10. T. micans - Restio micans
  11. T. modestus - Rhodocoma fruticosa
  12. T. occultus - Restio occultus
  13. T. robustus - Cannomois robusta
  14. T. scirpoides - Cannomois scirpoides
  15. T. strictus - Cannomois parviflora
  16. T. umbellatus - Staberoha distachyos
  17. T. virgatus - Cannomois virgata

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Thamnochortus P.J.Bergius
  2. ↑ Bergius, Peter Jonas. 1767. Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei 353
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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