Meeboldina
Meeboldina coangustata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Meeboldina
Suess.

Meeboldina is a plant genus in the family Restionaceae, described as a genus in 1943.[1][2] It is named for the botanical collector Alfred Meebold.[3]

The entire genus is endemic to the State of Western Australia.[4]

However in 2014, the genus Leptocarpus was expanded to include Meeboldina [5] and by 2021 the species listed below had all been transferred to the genus, Leptocarpus.[6][7]

Species[4]
  • Meeboldina cana (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Meeboldina coangustata (Nees) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Meeboldina crassipes (Pate & Meney) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Meeboldina denmarkica Suess.
  • Meeboldina scariosa (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson

References

  1. ↑ K. Suessenguth (1943). "Uber eine neue Gattung der Restionaceen". Boissiera. Memoires du Conservatoire de Botanique et de l'Institut de Botanique Systématique de l'Université de Genève (in Latin). 7: 20. doi:10.5169/SEALS-895634. ISSN 0373-2975. Wikidata Q110143698.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Meeboldina Suess.
  3. ↑ "Meebold, Alfred Karl (1863-1952)". JSTOR Plants. 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Barbara G. Briggs (9 April 2014). "Leptocarpus (Restionaceae) enlarged to include Meeboldina and Stenotalis, with new Western Australian species and subgenera". Telopea. 16: 19–41. doi:10.7751/TELOPEA20147400. ISSN 0312-9764. Wikidata Q54554242.
  6. ↑ "Leptocarpus R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  7. ↑ Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science. "Florabase—the Western Australian Flora: Meeboldina". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-12-15.


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