Platysace

Platysace is a genus of woody perennial herbs and subshrubs in the family Apiaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.^[2]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Alexander von Bunge in 1845.^[3] A 2021 molecular phylogenetic study suggested that it is sister to rest of the family Apiaceae, and so does not belong to any of the four subfamilies into which the family is divided. It has been suggested that it could be placed in a subfamily of its own.^[4]

Species

Species include:^[5]

• Platysace anceps (DC) C. Norman
• Platysace arnhemica Specht
• Platysace cirrosa Bunge (karna)
• Platysace clelandii (Maiden & Betche) L. A. S. Johnson
• Platysace commutata (Turcz) C. Norman
• Platysace compressa (Labill) C. Norman (tapeworm plant)
• Platysace deflexa (Turcz) C. Norman
• Platysace dissecta (Benth) C. Norman (dissected platysace)
• Platysace eatoniae (F. Muell) C. Norman
• Platysace effusa (Turcz) C. Norman
• Platysace ericoides (Spreng) C. Norman
• Platysace filiformis (Bunge) C. Norman
• Platysace flexuosa Turcz)
• Platysace haplosciadia (Benth) C. Norman
• Platysace heterophylla (Benth) C. Norman
• Platysace juncea (Bunge) C. Norman
• Platysace kochii L. A. S. Johnson
• Platysace lanceolata (Labill) Druce (shrubby platysace)
• Platysace linearifolia (Cav) C. Norman
• Platysace maxwellii (F. Muell) C. Norman (karno)
• Platysace pendula (Benth) C. Norman
• Platysace ramosissima (Benth) C. Norman
• Platysace saxatilis Keighery
• Platysace stephensonii (Turcz) C. Norman
• Platysace tenuissima (Benth) C. Norman
• Platysace teres (Bunge) C. Norman
• Platysace valida (F. Muell) F. Muell
• Platysace xerophila L. A. S. Johnson

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