Schoenus (plant)

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Schoenus
The brown bogrush in Germany. The species is endemic to Europe.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Schoenus
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Species richness of Schoenus mapped according to botanical regions
Synonyms[1]
  • Melanoschoenos Ség.
  • Chaetospora R.Br.
  • Streblidia Link
  • Helothrix Nees
  • Isoschoenus Nees
  • Cyclocampe Steud.
  • Gymnochaeta Steud.
  • Ptilanthelium Steud.
  • Lepidospora (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  • Lophocarpus Boeckeler
  • Neolophocarpus E.G.Camus in H.Lecomte

Schoenus is a predominately austral genus of sedges,[2] commonly known as bogrushes,[3] or veldrushes in South Africa. Species of this genus occur mainly in South Africa (some 44 species), Australia (some 70 species) and Southeast Asia.[4] Others are found in scattered locations worldwide, from Europe (2 species) to Asia, North Africa (1 species) and the Americas.[5][6][7][8][9][10] Three species occur in the peatlands of southern South America, including S. antarcticus which is found in Tierra del Fuego, where it forms a component of hyperhumid Magellanic moorland.[11]

Taxonomic attention to the South African taxa, starting 2017, revealed a wealth of species. 24 species were transferred from Tetraria and Epischoenus into Schoenus, and several new species were described. S. inconspicuus, discovered on the outskirts of Cape Town, consists of only a few specimens.[2]

Schoenus species

Schoenus imberbis
Schoenus nanus
Schoenus calcatus
Illustration of S. antarcticus, native to Tierra del Fuego

As of November 2022, the Plants of the World Online indicates there are 157 species of Schoenus; however, this does not take into account several taxonomic changes made since 2020 (see sections below).[12]


Bogrushes

Several of the species that are currently on the list provided by Plants of the World Online database as of November 2022 have recently been transferred to other genera based on molecular and morphological evidence:

Southern African Schoenus[15]

The genus Schoenus includes 44 species from the southern Africa Schoenus clade, which are divided into three main groups.[15]


Veldrushes

Schoenus cuspidatus group[15]

Schoenus graminifolius

Epischoenus group[15]

Schoenus selinae

Schoenus compar - Schoenus pictus group[15]

Flowering head of Schoenus megacarpus

Unplaced species

Synonyms (yet to be incorporated in Plants of the World Online database)

References

  1. ^ "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b Elliott, Tammy Lynn; Euston-Brown, Doug I. W.; Muasya, A. Muthama (28 April 2020). "Schoenus inconspicuus (Cyperaceae, tribe Schoeneae): a new species from Southern Africa". Phytotaxa. 440 (3): 239–244. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.440.3.6. S2CID 219006040. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Schoenus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Schoenus L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Atlas of Living Australia". Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  6. ^ New South Wales Flora On-line
  7. ^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  8. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 256, 赤箭莎属 chi jian suo shu, Schoenus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 42. 1753.
  9. ^ "Schoenus of Western Australia". FloraBase. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  10. ^ "USDA Plants Profile: North American Species". Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  11. ^ Rydin, Håkan; Jeglum, John K. (2013-07-18). The Biology of Peatlands (Biology of Habitats Series) (2 ed.). OUP Oxford. p. 238. ISBN 9780191508288.
  12. ^ "Schoenus L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  13. ^ Barrett, R.L.; Bruhl, J.J.; Wilson, K.L. (2021). "Revision of generic concepts in Schoeneae subtribe Tricostulariinae (Cyperaceae) with a new Australian genus Ammothryon and new species of Tricostularia". Telopea. 24: 61–169. doi:10.7751/telopea14844. S2CID 236544913.
  14. ^ a b c Barrett, R.L.; Wilson, K.L.; Bruhl, J.J. (2020). "'Reinstatement and revision of the genus Chaetospora (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae)". Telopea. 23: 95–112. doi:10.7751/telopea14345. S2CID 225535818.
  15. ^ a b c d e f Elliott, T.L.; Muasya, A.M. (2020). "A taxonomic revision of the Epischoenus group of Schoenus (Cyperaceae, tribe Schoeneae)". South African Journal of Botany. 135: 296–316. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2020.08.029. S2CID 225028687.


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