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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	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Schoenus abbreviatus Nees	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Schoenus absconditus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus achaetus (T.Koyama) T.Koyama	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus acuminatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus andinus (Phil.) H.Pfeiff.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus andrewsii W.Fitzg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus antarcticus (Hook.f.) Dusén	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus apogon Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Schoenus armeria (Nees) Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus asperocarpus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus badius Rye	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus benthamii F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus bifidus (Nees) Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus biglumis Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus breviculmis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus brevifolius R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus brevisetis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus caespititius W.Fitzg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus calcatus K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus calostachyus (R.Br.) Poir.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus calostachyus (R. Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Schoenus calyptratus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus capillifolius D.A.Cooke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus carsei Cheeseman	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus centralis Latz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus clandestinus S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus coarctatus Seenus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus cruentus (Nees) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus curvifolius (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus curvulus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus cygneus (Nees) Nees	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus deformis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus delicatulus (Fernald) J.Kern	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus discifer Tate	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus efoliatus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus elegans S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus ericetorum R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus evansianus K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus falcatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus ferrugineus Krock.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus ferrugineus L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus fluitans Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus globifer Nees	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus grammatophyllus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus grandiflorus (Nees) F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus griffinianus K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus halleri Honck.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus hexandrus F.Muell. & Tate	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus humilis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus imberbis R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus incanus Forssk.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus indutus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus insolitus K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus kennyi (F.M.Bailey) S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus laevigatus W.Fitzg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus laevinux (Kük.) Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus laevis Thunb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus lanatus Labill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus latelaminatus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus latitans S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus lepidosperma (F.Muell.) K.L.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Schoenus loliaceus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus longibracteatus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus lymansmithii M.T.Strong	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus macrocephalus Boeckeler	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus maschalinus Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus melanostachys R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus microcephalus J.Kern	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus minutulus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus moorei Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus multiglumis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus nanus (Nees) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus natans (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus nigricans L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus nitens (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Schoenus nudifructus C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus obtusifolius (Nees) Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus odontocarpus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus ornithopodioides (Kük.) S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus paludosus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus pauciflorus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus pedicellatus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus pennisetis S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus pleiostemoneus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus plumosus Rye	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus punctatus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus pygmaeus S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus racemosus J.M.Black	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus rhynchosporoides (Steud.) Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus rigens S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus rodwayanus W.Fitzg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus scabripes Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus × scheuchzeri Brügger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus sculptus (Nees) Boeckeler	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus sesquispicula C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus sesquispiculus C.B. Clarke	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Schoenus setiformis S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus sinensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus smitinandii T.Koyama	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus sparteus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus spicatus Burm.f.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus squamellatus Kük.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus subaphyllus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus subbarbatus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus subbulbosus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus subfascicularis Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus subflavus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus sublateralis (Steud.) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus sublaxus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus submicrostachyus Kük.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus tendo (Hook.f.) Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus tenellus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus tener Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus tenuiflorus Willd. ex Link	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus tenuissimus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus tesquorum J.M.Black	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus trachycarpus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus tristachyus Thunb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus turbinatus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus unispiculatus F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus vaginatus Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus variicellae Rye	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus villosus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Schoenus yarrabensis Domin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 275 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Schoenus. Of these 109 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 35 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 275 species names for the genus Schoenus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	109	39.6%
◕	Synonym	151	54.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	15	5.5%

All names

The status of the 310 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Schoenus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	112	36.1%
◕	Synonym	183	59.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	15	4.8%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 20 are recorded as illegitimate

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

The confidence with which the status of the 275 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	147	0	0	256	93.1%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	0.7%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	15	17	6.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Schoenus is as follows: