Schoenoplectus
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| Schoenoplectus | |
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| Common Club-rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Schoenoplectus (Rchb.) Palla |
| Species | |
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About 80; see text | |
Schoenoplectus (Club-rush [Old World species], Bulrush or Tule [New World species]) is a genus of about 80 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha as well as to other sedges. The genus Schoenoplectus is closely related to Scirpus, and included in it by some botanists.
Selected species
- Schoenoplectus acutus (Muhl. ex J.M.Bigelow) Á.Löve & D.Löve – Tule (North America)
- Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller – Chairmaker's Bulrush, Olney's Bulrush
- Schoenoplectus californicus (C.A.Mey.) Steud. – California Bulrush, Giant Bulrush (Americas)
- Schoenoplectus californicus ssp. tatora – Totora (Andes)
- Schoenoplectus hallii – Hall's Bulrush
- Schoenoplectus heterochaetus – Slender Bulrush (North America)
- Schoenoplectus hudsonianus – Alpine Deergrass
- Schoenoplectus lacustris – Common Club-rush, Bulrush (Europe, Asia, Africa)
- Schoenoplectus maritimus
- Schoenoplectus mucronatus (Asia, Australia, Europe)
- Schoenoplectus pungens – Sharp Club-rush, Three-square Bulrush (Cosmopolitan)
- Schoenoplectus saximontanus
- Schoenoplectus subterminalis
- Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
External links
Media related to Schoenoplectus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Schoenoplectus at Wikispecies
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