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Genus: Elegia

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

Fifty species, endemic to southern Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape).

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Elegia acockii

 

Elegia aggregata

[= Dovea aggregata, Chondropetalum aggregatum]

Elegia altigena

 

Elegia amoena

 

Elegia asperiflora

 

Elegia atratiflora

 

Elegia caespitosa

 

Elegia capensis

Elegia coleura

 

Elegia cuspidata

Elegia decipiens

 

Elegia deusta

 

Elegia dregeana

 

Elegia ebracteata

[= Dovea ebracteata]

 

Elegia elephantina

 

Elegia equisetacea

 

Elegia esterhuyseniae

 

Elegia extensa

 

Elegia fastigiata

 

Elegia fenestrata

 

Elegia filacea

Elegia fistulosa

 

Elegia fucata

 

Elegia galpinii

 

Elegia grandis

 

Elegia grandispicata

 

Elegia hutchinsonii

 

Elegia intermedia

 

Elegia juncea

 

Elegia macrocarpa

[= Dovea macrocarpa]

 

Elegia marlothii

[= Dovea marlothii]

 

Elegia microcarpa

[= Dovea microcarpa, Dovea rigens]

 

Elegia mucronata

[= Dovea mucronata]

 

Elegia muirii

 

Elegia neesii

 

Elegia nuda

[= Dovea nuda]

 

Elegia persistens

Elegia prominens

 

Elegia racemosa

[= Dovea racemosa]

Elegia recta

[= Dovea recta]

 

Elegia rigida

 

Elegia spathacea

Elegia squamosa

 

Elegia stipularis

Elegia stokoei

 

Elegia tectorum

[= Dovea tectorum, Chondropetalum tectorum]

Elegia thyrsifera

 

Elegia thyrsoidea

[= Dovea thyrsoidea]

Elegia vaginulata

 

Elegia verreauxii