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Schoenus
Family: Cyperaceae
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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.

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Schoenus andinus
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Schoenus apogon
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Schoenus benthamii
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Schoenus calostachyus
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Schoenus carsei
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Schoenus ericetorum
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Schoenus fascicularis
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Schoenus ferrugineus
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Schoenus imberbis
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Schoenus maschalinus
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Schoenus miliaceus
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Schoenus nigricans
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Schoenus pauciflorus
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Schoenus punctatus
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Schoenus rariflorus
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Schoenus rigens
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Schoenus rugosus
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Schoenus tendo
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