Dielsia

Dielsia is a genus of flowering plant, described in 1904, in the family Restionaceae.^[2][3] There is only one known species, Dielsia stenostachya, endemic to Western Australia.^[1]

Species in homonymic genus^[1]

Dielsia
Dielsia stenostachya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Restionaceae
Genus:	Dielsia Gilg
Species:	D. stenostachya
Binomial name
Dielsia stenostachya (W.Fitzg.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
Synonyms[1]
Restio stenostachyus W.Fitzg. Dielsia cygnorum Gilg

In 1929, Kudô used the name Dielsia in reference to a plant in the Lamiaceae, thus creating an illegitimate homonym.^[4] He also created one species in his genus, i.e.

• Dielsia oreophila (Diels) Kudô, syn of Isodon oreophilus (Diels) A.J.Paton & Ryding