Schoenus (plant)

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Schoenus
Schoenus ferrugineus 310508.jpg
The brown bogrush in Germany. The species is endemic to Europe.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Schoenus
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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 predominately austral genus of sedges,[2] commonly known as bogrushes,[3] or veldrushes in South Africa. Species of this genus occur mainly in South Africa (some 44 species), Australia (some 70 species) and Southeast Asia. Others are found in scattered locations worldwide, from Europe (2 species) to Asia, North Africa (1 species) and the Americas.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Three species occur in the peatlands of southern South America, including which is found in Tierra del Fuego, where it forms a component of hyperhumid Magellanic moorland.[10]

Taxonomic attention to the South African taxa, starting 2017, revealed a wealth of species. 24 species were transferred from Tetraria and into Schoenus, and several new species were described. S. inconspicuus, discovered on the outskirts of Cape Town, consists of only a few specimens.[2]

Species[]

Illustration of , native to Tierra del Fuego

As of January 2020 there are around 140 species accepted in Plants of the World Online.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b Elliott, Tammy Lynn; Euston-Brown, Doug I. W.; Muasya, A. Muthama (28 April 2020). "Schoenus inconspicuus (Cyperaceae, tribe Schoeneae): a new species from Southern Africa". Phytotaxa. 440 (3): 239–244. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.440.3.6. S2CID 219006040. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Schoenus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Atlas of Living Australia". Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  5. ^ New South Wales Flora On-line
  6. ^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 256, 赤箭莎属 chi jian suo shu, Schoenus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 42. 1753.
  8. ^ "Schoenus of Western Australia". FloraBase. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  9. ^ "USDA Plants Profile: North American Species". Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  10. ^ Rydin, Håkan; Jeglum, John K. (2013-07-18). The Biology of Peatlands (Biology of Habitats Series) (2 ed.). OUP Oxford. p. 238. ISBN 9780191508288.
  11. ^ "Schoenus L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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