Schoenoplectus
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Schoenoplectus
Common Club-rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Cyperaceae Genus: Schoenoplectus (Rchb.) Palla
Species
About 80; see text

Schoenoplectus (Club-rush [Old World species], Bulrush or Tule [New World species]) is a genus of about 80 species of sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha. The genus Schoenoplectus is closely related to Scirpus, and included in it by some botanists.

Selected species

• Schoenoplectus acutus - Tule. North America.
• Schoenoplectus californicus - Americas.
  • Schoenoplectus californicus ssp. tatora - Totora. Andes.
• Schoenoplectus lacustris - Common Club-rush
• Schoenoplectus heterochaetus - Slender Bulrush. North America.
• Schoenoplectus hudsonianus - Alpine Deergrass
• Schoenoplectus lacustris - Common Club-rush. Europe, Asia, Africa.
• Schoenoplectus mucronatus. Asia, Australia, Europe.
• Schoenoplectus pungens - Sharp Club-rush or Three-square Bulrush. Cosmopolitan.

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