Costularia | |
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Costularia sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: |
Costularia C.B.Clarke |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Costularia is a plant genus in the family Cyperaceae. [2] [3] [4] [5] It includes 15 species native to southeastern Africa, ranging from South Africa ( KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces) through Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, and to the islands Madagascar, Réunion, and the Seychelles in the Western Indian Ocean. [1] [6]
The genus was formerly circumscribed to include 25 species. A molecular phylogenetic study found that circumscription to include four distinct lineages:
In 2019, the genus was revised to include 15 species, generally corresponding to Costularia s.s. and including a few previously undescribed species. [6]
15 species are accepted: [1]
Xyroschoenus hornei (as Costularia hornei ( C.B.Clarke) Kük.)
Costularia | |
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Costularia sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: |
Costularia C.B.Clarke |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Costularia is a plant genus in the family Cyperaceae. [2] [3] [4] [5] It includes 15 species native to southeastern Africa, ranging from South Africa ( KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces) through Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, and to the islands Madagascar, Réunion, and the Seychelles in the Western Indian Ocean. [1] [6]
The genus was formerly circumscribed to include 25 species. A molecular phylogenetic study found that circumscription to include four distinct lineages:
In 2019, the genus was revised to include 15 species, generally corresponding to Costularia s.s. and including a few previously undescribed species. [6]
15 species are accepted: [1]
Xyroschoenus hornei (as Costularia hornei ( C.B.Clarke) Kük.)