Schoenoplectus

Schoenoplectus acutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Schoenoplecteae
Genus: Schoenoplectus

Overview of species

S. acutus – S. americanus – S. annamicus – S. californicus – S. corymbosus – S. decipiens – S. deltarum – S. ehrenbergii – S. etuberculatus – S. halophilus – S. heptangularis – S. heterochaetus – S. lacustris – S. litoralis – S. monocephalus – S. muricinux – S. nipponicus – S. paludicola – S. pulchellus – S. pungens – S. rhodesicus – S. scirpoides – S. subterminalis – S. subulatus – S. tabernaemontani – S. torreyi – S. triqueter

Nothospecies: S. × carinatus – S. × contortus – S. × kuekenthalianus – S. × oblongus – S. × steinmetzii

Name

Schoenoplectus (Rchb.) Palla, Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38(Sitzungsber.): 49 1888, nom. cons.

• Type species: Schoenoplectus lacustris (L.) Palla, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 (1888)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Elytrospermum C.A.Mey., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 1: 200 (1830)
  • Heleogiton Schult., Mant. 2: 2 (1824), nom. illeg.
  • Heleophylax P.Beauv. ex Lestib., Essai Cypér.: 41 (1819)
  • Malacochaete Nees, Linnaea 9: 292 (1834)
  • Pterolepis Schrad., Gött. Gel. Anz. 3: 2071 (1821)
  • Pterygolepis Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 236 (1841)
  • Scirpus subg. Schoenoplectus Rchb., Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 8: 40 (1846)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Macaronesia Canary Islands, Madeira. West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierre Leone. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Madagascar. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya. Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Afghanistan, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. China China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Mongolia Mongolia. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Indo-China Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines. Papuasia New Guinea. Australasia Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. New Zealand Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Pacific Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia, Phoenix Islands, Vanuatu. South-Central Pacific Easter Islands, Line Islands. Northwestern Pacific Marianas. North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Northern America Subarctic America Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Northwestern U.S.A. California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, C. American Pacific Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, Uruguay. Antartic Subantarctic Islands Falkland Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palla, E. 1888. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 38: 49. BHL

Additional references

• Hayasaka, E. 2012. Delineation of Schoenoplectiella lye (Cyperaceae), a genus newly segregated from Schoenoplectus (Rchb.) Palla. Journal of Japanese Botany 87(3): 169-186. PDF Reference page. 
• Shiels, D.R., Hurlbut, D.L., Lichtenwald, S.K., & Monfils, A.K. 2014. Monophyly and phylogeny of Schoenoplectus and Schoenoplectiella (Cyperaceae): Evidence from chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 39(1), 132-144. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678198 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Schoenoplectus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 2. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Schoenoplectus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 March 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Schoenoplectus. Published online. Accessed: 2 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Schoenoplectus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 March 2019.

Vernacular names

čeština: Skřípinec
Deutsch: Teichbinsen
English: Bulrush
eesti: Kaisel
suomi: Järvikaislat
Nordfriisk: Bobeln
lietuvių: Meldas
Nederlands: Bies
polski: Oczeret
svenska: Sävsläktet
తెలుగు: జమ్ము గడ్డి
українська: Куга
中文: 水葱属

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