Schoenoplectus

Schoenoplectus
Common club-rush
(Schoenoplectus lacustris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Schoenoplectus
(Rchb.) Palla
Synonyms[1]
  • Heleophylax P.Beauv. ex Lestib.
  • Pterolepis Schrad.
  • Heleogiton Schult.
  • Elytrospermum C.A.Mey.
  • Malacochaete Nees
  • Pterygolepis Rchb.

Schoenoplectus (club-rush [Old World species], bulrush or tule [New World species]) is a genus of plants in the sedge family with a cosmopolitan distribution.[1][2][3] Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha as well as to other sedges. The genus Schoenoplectus was formerly considered part of Scirpus, but recent phylogenetic data shows that they are not closely related.

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 181, 水葱属 shui cong shu, Schoenoplectus (Reichenbach) Palla, Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 38 (Sitzungsber.): 49. 1888.
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 44, Schoenoplectus (Reichenbach) Palla, Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 38 (Sitzungsber.): 49. 1888.