Platycaulos

Platycaulos is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1984.^[1][2] The genus is native to Africa including Madagascar.^[3]

Species^[3]

• Platycaulos acutus - Cape Province
• Platycaulos anceps - Cape Province
• Platycaulos callistachyus - Cape Province
• Platycaulos cascadensis - Cape Province
• Platycaulos compressus - Cape Province
• Platycaulos depauperatus - Cape Province
• Platycaulos galpinii - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
• Platycaulos mahonii - Zaïre, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar
• Platycaulos major - Cape Province
• Platycaulos mlanjiensis - Malawi
• Platycaulos quartziticola - Zimbabwe, Mozambique
• Platycaulos subcompressus - Cape Province

Platycaulos
Platycaulos callistachyus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Restionaceae
Genus:	Platycaulos H.P.Linder
Type species
Platycaulos compressus (Rottb.) H.P. Linder.[1]