Costularia
| Costularia | |
|---|---|
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| Costularia sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Costularia C.B.Clarke |
Costularia is a plant genus in the family Cyperaceae.[1][2][3][4] It includes four distinct lineages:
- Costularia s.s. (11 subspecies) from Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands and Seychelles.
- Chamaedendron Larridon (five subspecies) from New Caledonia.
- a group largely conforming to subgenus, Lophoschoenus (eight subspecies) from New Caledonia and Malesia that are now considered to be part of a redelimited genus Tetraria, which are found on the island of Madagascar.
- the species Xyroschoenus hornei which is endemic to the Seychelles.
List of species[]
- (Sol. ex Vahl) Kük.
- Cherm.
- J.Raynal
- (Guill.) Kük.
- (C.B.Clarke)
- (Kunth) Kük.
- () Kük.
- (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
- Bosser
- Cherm.
- (Ridl.) Pfeiff.
- (Poir.) C.B.Clarke
- (Baker) C.B.Clarke
- (Cherm.) Kük.
- (C.B.Clarke) Rendle
- J.Raynal
- (Baker) C.B.Clarke
- (Steud.) F.Kern
- (Steud.) J. Kern
- J.Raynal
- Cherm.
- J.Raynal
- () Kük.
- J.Raynal
- () Kük.
References[]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
- ^ Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
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