Schoenoplectus americanus

Schoenoplectus americanus

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
Species: Schoenoplectus americanus

Name

Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart in H.Schinz & R.Keller, Fl. Schweiz, ed. 2, 1: 75 (1905).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scirpus americanus Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 68 (1805).
• Homotypic
  • Heleophylax americanus (Pers.) Schinz & Thell., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 53: 587 (1908).
• Heterotypic
  • Scirpus triqueter var. triangularis Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 91 (1805).
  • Scirpus chilensis Nees & Meyen in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, Cyperaceae: 41 (1841).
  • Scirpus olneyi A.Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 238 (1845).
  • Scirpus triqueter Torr., Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 4): 153 (1857), nom. illeg.
  • Scirpus novae-zealandiae Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 18: 277 (1885 publ. 1886).
  • Schoenoplectus olneyi (A.Gray) Palla, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 299 (1888).
  • Scirpus olneyi var. longisetis Kük., Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 8 (1929).
  • Scirpus americanus var. triangularis (Pers.) Beetle, Amer. J. Bot. 30: 400 (1943).
  • Scirpus chilensis var. longisetis (Kük.) Beetle, Amer. J. Bot. 33: 663 (1946).
  • Schoenoplectus americanus subsp. triangularis (Pers.) Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 369 (1970 publ. 1971).
  • Schoenoplectus chilensis (Nees & Meyen) Soják, Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 140: 127 (1972).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; British Columbia; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Idaho; Illinois; Kansas; Leeward Is.; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Michigan; Mississippi; Missouri; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; Nova Scotia; Oklahoma; Oregon; Rhode I.; South Carolina; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; Wyoming Continental: Southern America Argentina Northeast; Argentina Northwest; Argentina South; Belize; Bermuda; Bolivia; Chile Central; Chile North; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Jamaica; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Peru; Puerto Rico; Uruguay; Venezuela Continental: Australasia New Zealand North; New Zealand South References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Volkart, A. in H.Schinz & R.Keller, 1905. Flora der Schweiz (Schinz), Edition 2, 1:75.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Schoenoplectus americanus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Schoenoplectus americanus. Published online. Accessed: Feb 18 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Schoenoplectus americanus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Schoenoplectus americanus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Schoenoplectus americanus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: sharp club-rush, chairmaker's bulrush, Olney's bulrush
Nederlands: stekende bies
polski: Oczeret amerykański

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