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PLATYCAULOS
(
G
)
Family:
RESTIONACEAE
platys, = flat, wide, broad;
caulos, = the stalk or stem of a plant.
(
LS
,
ld
)
Platycaulos callistachyus
(
G
)
Location: (
K
)
calos, calli-, callo-, = beautiful, fair;
stachys, = ear of corn.
(in modern botany, ‘spike’)
(
LS
,
BL
)
Platycaulos cascadensis
(
It
,
La
)
Flat Snakes (
Vo
)
Location: (
F
,
K
)
cascata, = fall;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(
Ox
,
BL
)
Platycaulos compressus
(
La
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
comprimo, compressum, = to press or squeeze together, compress; pressed together, i.e. close, straight, narrow.
(flattened, usually laterally)
(
ld
,
BL
)