''Aphelia'' is a genus of plants in the

Restionaceae The Restionaceae, also called restiads and restios, are a family (biology), family of flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere; they vary from a few centimeters to 3 meters in height. Following the APG IV system, APG IV (2016): the fami ...

family. The entire genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

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APG III system The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Published in 2009, it was superseded in 2016 by a fur ...

classifies this genus in the

Centrolepidaceae Centrolepidaceae are a family of flowering plants now included in Restionaceae following APG IV (2016). The botanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), also recognis ...

family.

Species

* '' Aphelia brizula'' F.Muell. - Western Australia * '' Aphelia cyperoides'' R.Br. - Western Australia * '' Aphelia drummondii'' (Hieron.) Benth - Western Australia * '' Aphelia gracilis'' Sond. - South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria * '' Aphelia nutans'' Hook.f. ex Benth - Western Australia * '' Aphelia pumilio'' F.Muell. ex Sond. - South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

References

Poales genera Restionaceae Endemic flora of Australia {{Poales-stub