Schoenus nitens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Schoenus
- Species
- Schoenus nitens
- Scientific Name
- Schoenus nitens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Schoenus nitens
Schoenus nitens, known as the shiny bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to Australia. A small perennial grass-like plant growing from 15 to 35 cm tall. The stem is cylindrical, 0.5 to 1 mm wide. Often seen in seasonally moist habitats, near beaches or brackish water near the coast. Occasionally seen inland in swampy, wet areas near lakes.The specific epithet nitens is derived from Latin, meaning shiny".
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Compar-pictus
- Cuspidatus
- Epischoenus
- Schoenus andinus
- Schoenus antarcticus
- Schoenus apogon
- Schoenus breviculmis
- Schoenus brevifolius
- Schoenus brevisetis
- Schoenus caespitans
- Schoenus caespititius
- Schoenus calcatus
- Schoenus calostachyus
- Schoenus calyptratus
- Schoenus carsei
- Schoenus clandestinus
- Schoenus concinnus
- Schoenus curvifolius
- Schoenus deformis
- Schoenus ericetorum
- Schoenus falcatus
- Schoenus ferrugineus
- Schoenus fluitans
- Schoenus grandiflorus
- Schoenus griffinianus
- Schoenus imberbis
- Schoenus kennyi
- Schoenus laevigatus
- Schoenus lanatus
- Schoenus latelaminatus
- Schoenus lepidosperma
- Schoenus maschalinus
- Schoenus melanostachys
- Schoenus moorei
- Schoenus nanus
- Schoenus natans
- Schoenus neocaledonicus
- Schoenus nigricans
- Schoenus nitens
- Schoenus ornithopodioides
- Schoenus paludosus
- Schoenus pauciflorus
- Schoenus pedicellatus
- Schoenus pygmaeus
- Schoenus rhynchosporoides
- Schoenus scabripes
- Schoenus sparteus
- Schoenus subaphyllus
- Schoenus subbulbosus
- Schoenus subfascicularis
- Schoenus subflavus
- Schoenus tendo
- Schoenus tenuellus
- Schoenus tesquorum
- Schoenus thedae
- Schoenus turbinatus
- Schoenus unispiculatus
- Schoenus vaginatus
- Schoenus villosus































































































































































