Leptocarpus laxus

Leptocarpus laxus is a rush species of the genus Leptocarpus in the family Restionaceae.[2] It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.[3][4]

Leptocarpus laxus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Leptocarpus
Species:
L. laxus
Binomial name
Leptocarpus laxus
Synonyms[1]

Leptocarpus diffusus (Spreng.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
Restio diffusus Spreng.

Habitat

It grows in moist to wet soils, in swamps, creeks, seasonally wet sites, and near road ditches.[5]

Taxonomy

It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810 as Restio laxus,[2][6] a name he gave to two Restio species.[7][8] This problem of two species with the same name was corrected by Sprengel in 1825 when he published the name, Restio diffusus, for this species.[7][9] In 1998, Lawrie Johnson and Barbara Briggs transferred R. diffusus to the genus, Leptocarpus.[10] In 2001 in consideration of IUCN rules, the species Leptocarpus diffusus was renamed Leptocarpus laxus by Barbara Briggs.[7]

References
  1. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20000746-1
  2. "Leptocarpus laxus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. "Leptocarpus laxus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. "Leptocarpus laxus occurrence data". AVH. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. "Leptocarpus laxus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. p. 246.
  7. Barbara G. Briggs (August 2001). "Leptocarpus laxus: The Correct Name for L. diffusus (Restionaceae)". Taxon. 50 (3): 891. doi:10.2307/1223719. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1223719. Wikidata Q28959102.
  8. Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. p. 245.
  9. Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824). "Triandria. Monogynia .Restio". Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17. 1: 185.
  10. Barbara Briggs; Lawrence Johnson (21 December 1998). "New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae". Telopea. 8 (1): 29. doi:10.7751/TELOPEA19982011. ISSN 0312-9764. Wikidata Q55801447.
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