Schoenus (plant)

Schoenus
Schoenus ferrugineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Poales
Family:Cyperaceae
Genus:Schoenus
L.
Species

over 100; see text[1]

Synonyms[1]
  • Melanoschoenos Ség.
  • Chaetospora R.Br.
  • Streblidia Link
  • Helothrix Nees
  • Isoschoenus Nees
  • Cyclocampe Steud.
  • Gymnochaeta Steud.
  • Ptilanthelium Steud.
  • Lepidospora (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  • Lophocarpus Boeckeler
  • Neolophocarpus E.G.Camus in H.Lecomte

Schoenus is a genus of sedges. Plants of this genus mainly occur in Australia and Southeast Asia with some species widespread in scattered locations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Bogrush is a common name for these plants.[8]

Selected species

  • Schoenus acuminatus
  • Schoenus andrewsii
  • Schoenus armeria
  • Schoenus badius
  • Schoenus benthamii
  • Schoenus brevifolius
  • Schoenus capillifolius
  • Schoenus centralis
  • Schoenus clandestinus
  • Schoenus cruentus
  • Schoenus curvifolius
  • Schoenus discifer
  • Schoenus efoliatus
  • Schoenus elegans
  • Schoenus falcatus
  • Schoenus ferrugineus
  • Schoenus globifer
  • Schoenus grandiflorus
  • Schoenus latitans
  • Schoenus nanus
  • Schoenus natans
  • Schoenus nigricans
  • Schoenus nitens
  • Schoenus sculptus
  • Schoenus sesquispiculus
  • Schoenus subbarbatus
  • Schoenus subflavus
  • Schoenus tendo

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Atlas of Living Australia". Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. ↑ New South Wales Flora On-line
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 256, 赤箭莎属 chi jian suo shu, Schoenus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 42. 1753.
  6. ↑ "Schoenus of Western Australia". FloraBase. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "USDA Plants Profile: North American Species". Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Schoenus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 November 2015.


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