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Genus of flowering plants

Centrolepis
Centrolepis fascicularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Centrolepis
Labillardiere
Synonyms
  • Devauxia R.Br
  • Alepyrum B.Br.
  • Alepyrum Hieron. 1873 not R. Br. 1810
  • Pseudalepyrum Dandy

Centrolepis is a genus of small herbaceous plants in the family Restionaceae known as thorn grass scales, with about 25 species native to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and south-east Asia as far north as Hainan Dao. APG III system classifies this genus in the Centrolepidaceae family.

Centrolepis species are all tufted plants with narrow leaves from the base. Flowers are tiny and wind-pollinated, in highly condensed inflorescences enclosed between a pair of bracts that often have leaf-like points.

Species

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Cooke, D.A. (1992) A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis Labill. in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 15: 1-64.
  3. Ford, Kerry A. (2014). "Centrolepidaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Brownsey, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand — Seed Plants. Fascicle 2". www.nzflora.info/index.html. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Taxon identifiers
Centrolepis


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