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The genus Schoenus is in the family Cyperaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Schoenus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Schoenus absconditus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus achaetus (T.Koyama) T.Koyama	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus acuminatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus andinus (Phil.) H.Pfeiff.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus andrewsii W.Fitzg.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus antarcticus (Hook.f.) Dusén	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus apogon Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus armeria (Nees) Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus asperocarpus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus badius Rye	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus benthamii F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus bifidus (Nees) Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus biglumis Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus breviculmis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus brevifolius R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus brevisetis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus caespititius W.Fitzg.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus calcatus K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus calostachyus (R.Br.) Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus calyptratus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus capillifolius D.A.Cooke	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus carsei Cheeseman	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus centralis Latz	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus clandestinus S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus cruentus (Nees) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus curvulus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus cygneus (Nees) Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus deformis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus delicatulus (Fernald) J.Kern	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus discifer Tate	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus efoliatus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus elegans S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus ericetorum R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus evansianus K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus falcatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus ferrugineus L.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus fluitans Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus globifer Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus grammatophyllus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus grandiflorus (Nees) F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus griffinianus K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus hexandrus F.Muell. & Tate	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus humilis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus imberbis R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus indutus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus insolitus K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus kennyi (F.M.Bailey) S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus laevigatus W.Fitzg.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus laevinux (Kük.) Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus lanatus Labill.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus latelaminatus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus latitans S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus lepidosperma (F.Muell.) K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus loliaceus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus longibracteatus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus lymansmithii M.T.Strong	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus maschalinus Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus melanostachys R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus minutulus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus moorei Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus multiglumis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus nanus (Nees) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus natans (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus nigricans L.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus nitens (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus nudifructus C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus obtusifolius (Nees) Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus odontocarpus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus ornithopodioides (Kük.) S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus paludosus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus pauciflorus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus pedicellatus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus pennisetis S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus pleiostemoneus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus plumosus Rye	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus punctatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus pygmaeus S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus racemosus J.M.Black	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus rhynchosporoides (Steud.) Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus rigens S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus rodwayanus W.Fitzg.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus scabripes Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus × scheuchzeri Brügger	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus sculptus (Nees) Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus sesquispicula C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus setiformis S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus sinensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus smitinandii T.Koyama	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus sparteus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus subaphyllus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus subbarbatus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus subbulbosus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus subfascicularis Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus subflavus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus sublateralis (Steud.) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus sublaxus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus submicrostachyus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus tendo (Hook.f.) Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus tenellus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus tenuissimus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus tesquorum J.M.Black	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus trachycarpus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus turbinatus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus unispiculatus F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus vaginatus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus variicellae Rye	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus villosus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Schoenus yarrabensis Domin	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 412 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Schoenus. Of these 109 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 33 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Schoenus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 412 species names for the genus Schoenus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	109	26.5%
◕	Synonym	282	68.4%
◕	Unplaced	16	3.9%
◕	Unassessed	5	1.2%

All names

The status of the 445 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Schoenus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	115	25.8%
◕	Synonym	309	69.4%
◕	Unplaced	16	3.6%
◕	Unassessed	5	1.1%

Of these names,

• 14 are recorded as invalid
• 37 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 412 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Schoenus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	109	272	0	0	381	92.5%
	Medium confidence	0	9	0	0	9	2.2%
	Low confidence	0	1	16	5	22	5.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Schoenus, are as follows: