Calectasia
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Calectasia is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the family Dasypogonaceae
. They are commonly referred to as Tinsel Lilies, and are endemic to southern Australia
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Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Dasypogonaceae
Dasypogonaceae
Dasypogonaceae is a botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has not been commonly recognized by taxonomists: the plants involved were usually included in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae....
. They are commonly referred to as Tinsel Lilies, and are endemic to southern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Species include:
- Calectasia browneana Keighery, K.W.Dixon & R.L.Barrett
- Calectasia cyanea R.Br. - Blue Tinsel Lily
- Calectasia gracilis Keighery
- Calectasia grandiflora L.Preiss
- Calectasia hispida R.L.Barrett & K.W.Dixon
- Calectasia intermediaCalectasia intermediaCalectasia intermedia, commonly known as Blue Tinsel-lily, is a species of flowering plant, in the family Dasypogonaceae. It is native to the states of South Australia and Victoria in Australia....
Sond. - Blue Tinsel Lily - Calectasia keigheryi R.L.Barrett & K.W.Dixon
- Calectasia narragara R.L.Barrett & K.W.Dixon
- Calectasia obtusa R.L.Barrett & K.W.Dixon
- Calectasia palustris R.L.Barrett & K.W.Dixon
- Calectasia pignattiana K.W.Dixon & R.L.Barrett