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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Schoenoplectus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Cyperaceae

About 50 species (tropical and temperate regions), with 16 species native to southern Africa and two species that are naturalised.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Schoenoplectus articulatus

 

Schoenoplectus brachyceras

 

Schoenoplectus confusus

Schoenoplectus corymbosus

Schoenoplectus decipiens

 

Schoenoplectus erectus

 

Schoenoplectus lateriflorus

 

Schoenoplectus leucanthus

 

Schoenoplectus mucronatus

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Schoenoplectus muricinux

 

Schoenoplectus muriculatus

 

Schoenoplectus paludicola

 

Schoenoplectus pulchellus

 

Schoenoplectus rhodesicus

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Schoenoplectus roylei

 

Schoenoplectus scirpoides

 

Schoenoplectus senegalensis

 

Schoenoplectus subulatus

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

 

Schoenoplectus triqueter