Chordifex laxus

Chordifex laxus is a rush species of the genus Chordifex in the family Restionaceae.^[1] It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.^[2][3]

Chordifex laxus
(female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Restionaceae
Genus:	Chordifex
Species:	C. laxus
Binomial name
Chordifex laxus (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
Synonyms[1]
Restio deformis R.Br. Restio laxus R.Br. Restio chasmatocoleus F.Muell.

(male)

It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810 as Restio laxus,^[1][4] but was transferred to the genus, Chordifex by Lawrie Johnson and Barbara Briggs in 1998.^[5]