Lepidosperma

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Genus of grass-like plants

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::summary Genus of grass-like plants ::

Lepidotosperma Roem. & Schult.
Machaerina Nees
Vauthiera A.Rich. in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville

Lepidosperma is a genus of flowering plant of the family Cyperaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Australia, with others native to southern China, southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and New Zealand.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Lepidosperma:

Abbreviations in capital letters after the names represent states in Australia.

Lepidosperma amantiferrum R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma angustatum R.Br. - WA
Lepidosperma angustifolium Hook.f. - TAS
Lepidosperma apricola R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma asperatum (Kük.) R.L.Barrett -WA
Lepidosperma australe (A.Rich.) Hook.f - New Zealand incl Chatham Island
Lepidosperma avium K.L.Wilson - NT, SA
Lepidosperma benthamianum C.B.Clarke - WA
Lepidosperma bungalbin R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma calcicola R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson - WA
Lepidosperma canescens Boeck. - SA, VIC
Lepidosperma carphoides F.Muell. ex Benth. Black Rapier Sedge - WA, SA, VIC
Lepidosperma chinense Nees & Meyen ex Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam
Lepidosperma clipeicola K.L.Wilson - NSW QLD
Lepidosperma concavum R.Br. Sandhill Sword-sedge - NSW
Lepidosperma congestum R.Br. - SOA, VIC
Lepidosperma costale Nees - WA
Lepidosperma curtisiae K.L.Wilson & D.I.Morris - NSW SOA TAS VIC
Lepidosperma diurnum R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma drummondii Benth. - WA
Lepidosperma effusum Benth. Spreading Sword-sedge - WA
Lepidosperma elatius Labill. - NSW TAS VIC
Lepidosperma ensiforme (Rodway) D.I.Morris - TAS
Lepidosperma evansianum K.L.Wilson - NSW
Lepidosperma fairallianum R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma ferricola R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma ferriculmen R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma filiforme Labill. Common Rapier-sedge - NSW TAS VIC New Zealand
Lepidosperma fimbriatum Nees in J.G.C.Lehmann - WA
Lepidosperma flexuosum R.Br. - NSW
Lepidosperma forsythii A.A.Ham. - NSW TAS VIC
Lepidosperma gahnioides R.L.Barrett- SA, WA
Lepidosperma gibsonii R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma gladiatum Labill. Coast Sword-sedge - NSW SA TAS VIC WA
Lepidosperma globosum Labill - TAS
Lepidosperma gracile R.Br. - WA
Lepidosperma gunnii Boeckeler - NSW QLD TAS VIC
Lepidosperma hispidulum G.T.Plunkett, J.J.Bruhl & K.L.Wilson. - SA
Lepidosperma hopperi R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma humile (Nees) Boeckeler - WA
Lepidosperma inops F.Muell. ex Rodway - TAS
Lepidosperma jacksonense R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma laeve R.Br. - VIC
Lepidosperma latens K.L.Wilson - NSW
Lepidosperma laterale R.Br. Variable Sword-sedge - NSW QLD SA TAS VIC, New Zealand North Island
Lepidosperma leptophyllum Benth. - WA
Lepidosperma leptostachyum Benth. - WA
Lepidosperma limicola N.A.Wakef. - NSW QLD VIC
Lepidosperma lineare R.Br - NSW QLD TAS VIC
Lepidosperma longitudinale Labill. Pithy Sword-sedge - Australia (all 6 states)
Lepidosperma lyonsii R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma monticola G.T.Plunkett & J.J.Bruhl
Lepidosperma muelleri Boeckeler - SA VIC
Lepidosperma neesii Kunth - NSW SA VIC
Lepidosperma neozelandicum (Kük.) R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson - New Zealand
Lepidosperma obtusum Kük - WA
Lepidosperma oldfieldii Hook.f. - TAS
Lepidosperma oldhamii R.L.Barrett - WA
Lepidosperma pauperum Kük - New Caledonia
Lepidosperma perplanum Guillaumin - New Caledonia
Lepidosperma persecans S.T.Blake - WA
Lepidosperma perteres C.B.Clarke - New Caledonia
Lepidosperma prospectum G.T.Plunkett & R.L.Barrett - NSW
Lepidosperma pruinosum Kuk. - WA
Lepidosperma pubisquameum Steud. - WA
Lepidosperma quadrangulatum A.A.Ham. - NSW QLD
Lepidosperma resinosum (Lehm.) F.Muell. - WA
Lepidosperma rigidulum (Kük.) K.L.Wilson - WA
Lepidosperma rostratum S.T.Blake - WA
Lepidosperma rupestre Benth Kalbarri Lepidosperma - WA
Lepidosperma sanguinolentum K.L.Wilson - WA
Lepidosperma scabrum Nees - WA
Lepidosperma semiteres Boeck. - NSW SA VIC
Lepidosperma sieberi Kunth - NSW TAS VIC
Lepidosperma squamatum Labill. - WA
Lepidosperma striatum R.Br. - WA
Lepidosperma tenue Benth. - WA
Lepidosperma tetraquetrum Nees - WA
Lepidosperma tortuosum F.Muell.) - NSW TAS VIC
Lepidosperma tuberculatum Nees - NSW QLD WAU
Lepidosperma urophorum N.A.Wakef. - NSW QLD VIC
Lepidosperma ustulatum Steud. - WA
Lepidosperma viscidum R.Br. Sticky Sword Sedge - NSW QLD VIC

References

"Genus ''Lepidosperma''". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia.
[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=252130 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. (2012). A review of the genus ''Lepidosperma'' Labill. (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 225-294.
[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118070 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 260, 鳞籽莎属 lin zi suo shu, ''Lepidosperma'' Labillardière, Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 14. 1805. ]
"''Lepidosperma''". Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra.
(2013-11-07). "Sedges in the mist: A new species of Lepidosperma (Cyperaceae, Schoeneae) from the mountains of Tasmania". PhytoKeys.

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