Leptocarpus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Restionaceae
Subfamilia: Leptocarpoideae
Genus: Leptocarpus
Species: L. canus – L. coangustatus – L. crassipes – L. crebriculmis – L. decipiens – L. denmarkicus – L. depilatus – L. kraussii – L. laxus – L. roycei – L. scariosus – L. scoparius – L. tenax – L. tephrinus – L. thysananthus – L. trisepalus
Name

Leptocarpus R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 250. (1810), nom. cons.

Type species: Leptocarpus tenax (Labill.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 250. (1810)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Schoenodum Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 79. (1806)
Meeboldina Suess., Boissiera 7: 20. (1943)
Stenotalis B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson, Telopea 7: 368. (1998)

References

Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 250
Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. 1998. New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 21–33. PDF Reference page.
Briggs, B.G. 2014. Leptocarpus (Restionaceae) enlarged to include Meeboldina and Stenotalis, with new Western Australian species and subgenera. Telopea 16: 19-41. DOI: 10.7751/telopea20147400 PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Leptocarpus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 June 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Leptocarpus. Published online. Accessed: July 25 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Leptocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 July 25.

Leptocarpus is a genus of dioeceous rush-like perennial plants described as a genus in 1810.[2]

The genus as currently conceived is entirely endemic to Australia. A few species native to other places were formerly included, but they have been moved to other genera.[1][3]

Species

The following species are accepted as of 2021:[4]

Leptocarpus canus Nees
Leptocarpus coangustatus Nees
Leptocarpus crassipes Pate & Meney
Leptocarpus crebriculmis B.G.Briggs
Leptocarpus decipiens B.G.Briggs
Leptocarpus denmarkicus (Suess.) B.G.Briggs
Leptocarpus depilatus B.G.Briggs
Leptocarpus kraussii B.G.Briggs
Leptocarpus laxus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs
Leptocarpus roycei B.G.Briggs
Leptocarpus scariosus R.Br.
Leptocarpus scoparius B.G.Briggs
Leptocarpus tenax (Labill.) R.Br.
Leptocarpus tephrinus B.G.Briggs
Leptocarpus thysananthus B.G.Briggs
Leptocarpus trisepalus (Nees) B.G.Briggs

Formerly included

Over 70 other names have been published using the name Leptocarpus, but they have been transferred to other genera, including the following:

Apodasmia, Chaetanthus, Dapsilanthus, Empodisma, Hydrophilus, Hypolaena, Lepyrodia, Meeboldina, Restio, Rhodocoma, Staberoha, Willdenowia.

Name in homonymic genus

In 1820, the name Leptocarpus was applied to some plants in the Verbenaceae. Thus was created an illegitimate homonym. One species name was included in the illegitimate genus, i.e.:

Leptocarpus chamaedrifolius Willd. – Tamonea spicata Aubl.

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum 250 in Latin
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Volume II. Indigenous Tracheophyta - Monocotyledons except Graminae. First electronic edition, Landcare Research, June 2004. Transcr. A.D. Wilton and I.M.L. Andres. http://FloraSeries.LandcareResearch.co.nz.
"Leptocarpus R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-15.