EcoFlora - Schoenus

Schoenus
Family: Cyperaceae Max Licher	FNA Resources Gordon C. Tucker in Flora of North America (vol. 23) Herbs, perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. Culms distally branched, terete. Leaves basal; ligules absent; blades involute or subcylindric. Inflorescences terminal, sometimes pseudolateral, capitate [diffusely branched]; spikelets (1-)10-25, black or very dark purple; involucral bracts 1-2, spreading or erect, leaflike. Spikelets: scales 3-8, distichous, black or very dark purple, 2-3 proximal scales empty, distal scales each subtending flower. Flowers bisexual; perianth bristles 0-6, shorter or longer than achene, smooth or scabrous; stamens 3; styles deciduous, linear, 3-fid. Achenes rounded-trigonous to subterete. Schoenus is restricted mostly to Australasia; a few species occur in Africa, Eurasia, and the New World.
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora Schoenus aculeatus Map not Available Schoenus albus Map not Available Schoenus andinus Map not Available Schoenus apogon Map not Available Schoenus auritus Map not Available Schoenus benthamii Map not Available Schoenus bolusii Map not Available Schoenus brevifolius Images not available Map not Available Schoenus calostachyus Images not available Map not Available Schoenus capitellatus Map not Available Schoenus carsei Map not Available Schoenus ciliaris Images not available Map not Available Schoenus compar Map not Available Schoenus cuspidatus Map not Available Schoenus cyperoides Map not Available Schoenus deformis Images not available Map not Available Schoenus ericetorum Images not available Map not Available Schoenus falcatus Map not Available Schoenus fascicularis Map not Available Schoenus ferrugineus Map not Available Schoenus fuscus Map not Available Schoenus glomeratus Map not Available Schoenus imberbis Map not Available Schoenus lepidosperma Images not available Map not Available Schoenus longirostris Map not Available Schoenus mariscoides Map not Available Schoenus maschalinus Map not Available Schoenus melanostachys Map not Available Schoenus miliaceus Images not available Map not Available Schoenus nigricans Map not Available Schoenus nitens Map not Available Schoenus ornithopodioides Map not Available Schoenus pauciflorus Map not Available Schoenus punctatus Images not available Map not Available Schoenus quadrangularis Map not Available Schoenus racemosus Map not Available Schoenus rariflorus Map not Available Schoenus rigens Map not Available Schoenus rugosus Images not available Map not Available Schoenus sparsus Map not Available Schoenus tendo Map not Available Schoenus tenuellus Map not Available