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Meeboldina
Meeboldina coangustata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Restionaceae
Genus:	Meeboldina Suess.

Meeboldina is a plant genus in the family Restionaceae, described as a genus in 1943. It is named for the botanical collector Alfred Meebold.

The entire genus is endemic to the State of Western Australia.

However in 2014, the genus Leptocarpus was expanded to include Meeboldina and by 2021 the species listed below had all been transferred to the genus, Leptocarpus.

Species

• Meeboldina cana (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
• Meeboldina coangustata (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
• Meeboldina crassipes (Pate & Meney) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
• Meeboldina denmarkica Suess.
• Meeboldina scariosa (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson

References

1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. K. Suessenguth (1943). "Uber eine neue Gattung der Restionaceen". Boissiera. Memoires du Conservatoire de Botanique et de l'Institut de Botanique Systématique de l'Université de Genève (in Latin). 7: 20. doi:10.5169/SEALS-895634. ISSN 0373-2975. Wikidata Q110143698.
3. Tropicos, Meeboldina Suess.
4. "Meebold, Alfred Karl (1863-1952)". JSTOR Plants. 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
5. Barbara G. Briggs (9 April 2014). "Leptocarpus (Restionaceae) enlarged to include Meeboldina and Stenotalis, with new Western Australian species and subgenera". Telopea. 16: 19–41. doi:10.7751/TELOPEA20147400. ISSN 0312-9764. Wikidata Q54554242.
6. "Leptocarpus R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
7. Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science. "Florabase—the Western Australian Flora: Meeboldina". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-12-15.

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