Elegia is a genus of grass-like plants in the family Restionaceae endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.[1][2] Some species are grown as ornamentals in gardens.

Elegia
Elegia fistulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Elegia
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Synonyms[1]
  • Chondropetalum Rottb.
  • Dovea Kunth
  • Lamprocaulos Mast.

It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1771.[3]

Species[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Tropicos, Elegia L.
  3. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum 2: 162, 297