''Sporadanthus'' is a group of plants in the Restionaceae first described as a genus in 1874 by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

.Tropicos, ''Sporadanthus'' F.Muell. ex Buchanan
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and New Zealand.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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References

Restionaceae Poales genera Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1874 {{Poales-stub