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Flatreeds
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Flatreeds

Platycaulos

Platycaulos is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1984. The genus is native to Africa including Madagascar.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Spike Flatreed

speciesPlatycaulos compressus

Giant Flatreed

speciesPlatycaulos major

Chimanimani Flatreed

speciesPlatycaulos quartziticola

Platycaulos callistachyus

speciesPlatycaulos callistachyus

Platycaulos cascadensis

speciesPlatycaulos cascadensis

Platycaulos anceps

speciesPlatycaulos anceps

Tropical Flatreed

speciesPlatycaulos mahonii

Restio mlanjiensis

speciesPlatycaulos mlanjiensis

Mistypeak Flatreed

speciesPlatycaulos acutus

Round Flatreed

speciesPlatycaulos subcompressus

Platycaulos depauperatus

speciesPlatycaulos depauperatus

Platycaulos galpinii

speciesPlatycaulos galpinii

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 436865.