''Campylostachys'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1832. There is only one known species, ''Campylostachys cernua'', endemic to the

Cape Province The Province of the Cape of Good Hope ( af, Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province ( af, Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape ( af, Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequen ...

region of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

. ;formerly included now in ''

Euthystachys ''Euthystachys'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1848. There is only one known species, ''Euthystachys abbreviata'', native to the Cape Province region in South Africa South Africa, official ...

Kogelbergia'' *''Campylostachys abbreviata'' E.Mey 1838 not E.Mey. 1843, syn of ''

Euthystachys abbreviata ''Euthystachys'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1848. There is only one known species, ''Euthystachys abbreviata'', native to the Cape Province region in South Africa South Africa, offici ...

'' (E.Mey.) A.DC. *''Campylostachys phylicoides'' Sond. syn of ''

Kogelbergia phylicoides ''Kogelbergia '' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 2000. The entire genus is endemic to the Cape Province region of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), ...

'' (A.DC.) Rourke ;names in

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...

In 1843, Meyer used the same name to refer to some plants in the

, thus creating an illegitimate homonym. Meyer's genus name and the species name he created in the genus are invalid as well as illegitimate, as they were published without descriptions.Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1843. Zwei Pflanzengeografische Dokumente 83
/ref> *''Campylostachys'' E.Mey. 1843 syn of '' Fimbristylis'' Vahl 1805 *''Campylostachys abbreviata'' E.Mey. 1843 not E.Mey. 1838, syn of ''

Fimbristylis ferruginea ''Fimbristylis ferruginea'' is a species of fimbry known by the common names rusty sedge and West Indian fimbry. The plant is common along the coast line and estuaries of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, i ...

'' (L.) Vahl

References

Lamiales genera Stilbaceae Endemic flora of South Africa {{Lamiales-stub