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Platycaulos compressus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Restionaceae > Genus: Platycaulos

Platycaulos compressus
Platycaulos compressus

Platycaulos compressus female (top) and male (bottom) in flower in autumn on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]