''Desmocladus flexuosus'' is a rhizatomous, sedge-like herb in the
Restionaceae family,
[ endemic to south-west Western Australia.][
]
Taxonomy
It was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown as ''Restio flexuosus'',[ but in 1998 ]Barbara Briggs
Barbara Gillian Briggs (born 1934) is one of the foremost Australian botanists. The '' IK'' lists 205 names of plants which have been published or co-published by her. She was one of the botanists in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, of th1998APG ...
and L.A.S.Johnson
Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson FAA, (26 June 1925 – 1 August 1997) known as Lawrie Johnson, was an Australian taxonomic botanist. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, for the whole of his professional career, as a botanist (194 ...
reassigned it to the genus, '' Desmocladus''.[
]
References
External links
''Desmocladus flexuousus'' Occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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Flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1810
flexuosus
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)