Marsippospermum

Marsippospermum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Marsippospermum
Desv.

Marsippospermum is a genus of plant in family Juncaceae described as a genus in 1809.[1][2]

The genus is native to New Zealand, southern South America, and Falkland Islands.[3][4]

species
  1. Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau - New Zealand (South Island + Antipodean Islands)
  2. Marsippospermum grandiflorum (L.f.) Hook. - central + southern Chile, southern Argentina, Falkland Islands
  3. Marsippospermum philippii (Buchenau) Hauman - southern Chile, southern Argentina
  4. Marsippospermum reichei Buchenau - southern Chile, southern Argentina

References

  1. Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1809. Journal de Botanique, rédigé par une société de botanistes 1: 328-331. description in Latin, commentary in French
  2. Tropicos, Marsippospermum Desv.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
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