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Chaetanthus
Chaetanthus aristatus (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Restionaceae
Genus:	Chaetanthus R. Br.
Type species
Chaetanthus leptocarpoides R. Br.
Synonyms
Prionosepalum Steud.

Chaetanthus is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1810. The entire genus is endemic to the southern part of Western Australia.

Species

• Chaetanthus aristatus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
• Chaetanthus leptocarpoides R.Br.
• Chaetanthus tenellus (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson

References

1. ^ Tropicos, Chaetanthus R. Br.
2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum 251

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