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Caustis species are long-lived herbaceous perennials of the family Cyperaceae. Five species have been identified in Australia, Caustis blakei Kük ex S.T. Blake, C. dioica R. Br., C. flexuosa R. Br., C. pentandra R. Br. and C. recurvata Spreng. Plants form dense clumps, with erect culms, 50–100 cm tall, arising singularly from a creeping rhizome (Fig. 1). The tussock increases with the age of the plant and can attain diameters up to 1.2 m.
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Sieler, I.M., Rossetto, M., Dixon, K.W. (1997). Micropropagation of Caustis dioica (Chinese Puzzle). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) High-Tech and Micropropagation V. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07774-0_14
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