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Schoenus L.

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Schoenus L., Sp. Pl. 42-44 (1753)
Schoenus L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
42-44
ICN
Schoenus L.
genus
Schoenus

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Schoenus

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Schoenus L.

Infl. paniculate, or capitate, or a solitary spikelet. Spikelets 1–4-fld, sessile or stalked, fls hermaphrodite, or the uppermost functionally male; rhachilla flexuous or zig-zag between the fls; glumes distichous, keeled, us. nerveless except for a central midrib, some lower glumes and some upper ones often empty. Hypog. bristles 6–1, plumose or ciliate, us. scabrid; or 0. Stamens 3, occ. 2. Style-branches 3, occ. 2. Nut ± trigonous, angles ± thickened. Perennial herbs, with or without creeping rhizomes, or rarely annual. Culms erect, curved, or drooping and rooting below, terete or compressed, branched or unbranched. Lvs basal or cauline, narrow-linear, setaceous and rigid, or flaccid, margins of lamina us. slightly toothed; or all, or the basal lvs reduced to sheathing, us. mucronate bracts. About 100 spp. of temperate regions. Of the 8 N.Z. spp., 2 are endemic; the other 6 occur in Australia as well and 3 of these are recorded from elsewhere in the Pacific.

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Schoenus L.
Australia
Western Australia
Schoenus L.
New Caledonia
Schoenus L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Schoenus L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Schoenus L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Schoenus L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Schoenus L.
United Kingdom

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30102f2c-1b0e-46b0-9f29-da596452a6d5
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 August 2008
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