''Chrysitrix'' is a group of plants in the

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'' w ...

described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1771.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum 165, 304Tropicos, ''Chrysitrix'' L.
/ref> It is native to Cape Province in

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and also the State of

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Species

*'' Chrysitrix capensis'' - Cape Province *'' Chrysitrix distigmatosa'' - Western Australia *'' Chrysitrix dodii'' - Cape Province *'' Chrysitrix junciformis'' - Cape Province

References

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