Schoenus (plant)
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Schoenus is a genus of sedges
. Plants of this genus mainly occur in Australasia
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Species include:
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group...
. Plants of this genus mainly occur in Australasia
Australasia
Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...
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Species include:
- Schoenus acuminatus
- Schoenus andrewsii
- Schoenus armeria
- Schoenus badius
- Schoenus benthamii
- Schoenus capillifolius
- Schoenus centralis
- Schoenus clandestinus
- Schoenus cruentus
- Schoenus curvifolius
- Schoenus discifer
- Schoenus efoliatus
- Schoenus elegans
- Schoenus falcatus
- Schoenus globifer
- Schoenus grandiflorus
- Schoenus latitans
- Schoenus nanus
- Schoenus natans
- Schoenus nigricansSchoenus nigricansSchoenus nigricans is a species of sedge known by the common name black bogrush. It is native to Eurasia, parts of Africa, Australia, and southern North America, including Mexico and the southernmost United States. It grows in many types of wetlands and other moist and alkaline habitat, including...
- Schoenus nitens
- Schoenus sculptus
- Schoenus sesquispiculus
- Schoenus subbarbatus
- Schoenus subflavus
- Schoenus tendo