Elegia is a genus of grass-like plants in the family Restionaceae endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesTropicos, Elegia L. Some species are grown as ornamentals in gardens.
It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1771.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum 2: 162, 297
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