''Cannomois'' is a group of plants in the
Restionaceae
The Restionaceae, also called restiads and restios, are a family of flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere; they vary from a few centimeters to 3 meters in height. Following the APG IV (2016): the family now includes the former famil ...
described as a genus in 1828.
[Tropicos, ''Cannomois'' P. Beauv. ex Desv.]
/ref>Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1828. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 13: 43-44
descriptions in Latin, commentary in French The entire genus is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Cape Province
The Province of the Cape of Good Hope (), commonly referred to as the Cape Province () and colloquially as The Cape (), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa. It encompassed the old Cape Co ...
in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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References
Restionaceae
Poales genera
Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
Fynbos
Taxa named by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
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