''Reedia'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...

. It only contains one known species, ''Reedia spathacea'', endemic to south-western Australia. The genus name of ''Reedia'' is in honour of Joseph Reed (c. 1823 – 1890), a Cornishman by birth, was a prolific and influential Victorian era architect in

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, Australia. The Latin

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

of ''spathacea'' is derived from ''spathaceus'' meaning spathed, derived from ''spatha,'' meaning blade. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Fragm. Vol.1 on page3 239-240 in 1859.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q943101, from2=Q15552227 Cyperaceae Cyperaceae genera Plants described in 1859 Flora of Western Australia Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller