Gymnostachys
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Gymnostachys is a monotypic genus, of the monocotyledon plant family Araceae.
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Gymnostachys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Gymnostachydoideae Bogner & Nicolson |
Genus: | Gymnostachys R.Br. |
Species: | G. anceps |
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Gymnostachys anceps | |
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The sole known species Gymnostachys anceps, commonly named settler's twine or boorgay, grows naturally in rainforests and humid Eucalypt forests of eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland, Australia.[2][3]
Gymnostachys is kept to its own subfamily Gymnostachydoideae due to its unique characteristics that include an unusually structured flowering shoot and linear leaves with parallel venation.