New genera and species of Australian Restionaceae (Poales)

Abstract

Briggs, Barbara G. and Johnson, L.A.S. (Royal Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia) 1998. New genera and species of Australian Restionaceae (Poales). Telopea 7(4): 345-373. Sixteen new genera and five new species of Australian Restionaceae are described and combinations made for a further eleven species. Newly described genera are Catacolea,

Leptocarpus (Restionaceae) enlarged to include Meeboldina and Stenotalis, with new Western Australian species and subgenera

“…In classifying the non-African Restionaceae, Briggs and Johnson (1998a, 1998b) described a number of new genera to accommodate distinctive groups. That classification has also been largely used for the Australian members by Meney and Pate (1999), Paczkowska and Chapman (2000), Wheeler et al (2002) and adopted in a treatment of the family (Linder et al 1998).…”

Apodasmia ceramophila, a new Western Australian species of Restionaceae

“…Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson is from the Greek apodasmios, separated, and refers to the widely disjunct distribution of the four species in this genus (Briggs andJohnson 1998a, Briggs 2001) Briggs and Johnson (1998a) and by . Spikelet structure (a general feature of male and female inflorescences of almost all Leptocarpoideae) is not apparent in female inflorescences of Apodasmia: the glumes and flowers of several or many spikelets are crowded into dense fascicles surrounded by broad spathes.…”

Lectotypification of <i>Schoenodum tenax</i> (Restionaceae) and a note on the type of Lyginia imberbis (Anarthriaceae)

“…In a recent publication, Briggs and Johnson (1998) divided the then recognised species of Leptocarpus among four existing and three new genera. In that work we maintained the name L. tenax for the commonest, most widespread species and the one that epitomises Leptocarpus for most Australian biologists.…”