Genus: Schoenoplectus
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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
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Schoenoplectus brachyceras |
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Schoenoplectus confusus
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Schoenoplectus corymbosus
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Schoenoplectus decipiens |
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Schoenoplectus erectus |
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Schoenoplectus lateriflorus |
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Schoenoplectus leucanthus |
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Schoenoplectus mucronatus
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Schoenoplectus muricinux |
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Schoenoplectus muriculatus |
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Schoenoplectus paludicola |
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Schoenoplectus pulchellus |
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Schoenoplectus rhodesicus
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Schoenoplectus roylei |
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Schoenoplectus scirpoides |
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Schoenoplectus senegalensis |
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Schoenoplectus subulatus |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
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Schoenoplectus triqueter
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