Elegia (plant)

Elegia is a genus of grass-like plants in the family Restionaceae endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. Some species are grown as ornamentals in gardens.

It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1771.

Species • Elegia acockii

• Elegia aggregata

• Elegia altigena

• Elegia asperiflora

• Elegia atratiflora

• Elegia caespitosa

• Elegia capensis

• Elegia coleura

• Elegia cuspidata

• Elegia decipiens

• Elegia deusta

• Elegia ebracteata

• Elegia elephantina

• Elegia equisetacea

• Elegia esterhuyseniae

• Elegia extensa

• †Elegia fastigata

• Elegia fenestrata

• Elegia filacea

• Elegia fistulosa

• Elegia fucata

• Elegia galpinii

• Elegia grandis

• Elegia grandispicata

• Elegia hookeriana

• Elegia hutchinsonii

• Elegia intermedia

• Elegia juncea

• Elegia macrocarpa

• Elegia marlothii

• Elegia microcarpa

• Elegia mucronata

• Elegia muirii

• Elegia neesii

• Elegia nuda

• Elegia persistens

• Elegia prominens

• Elegia racemosa

• Elegia recta

• Elegia rigida

• Elegia spathacea

• Elegia squamosa

• Elegia stipularis

• Elegia stokoei

• Elegia tectorum

• Elegia thyrsifera

• Elegia thyrsoidea

• Elegia vaginulata

• Elegia verreauxii