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.[2][1][3][4][5]

Lepidosperma
Lepidosperma gladiatum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Lepidosperma
Labill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Lepidotosperma Roem. & Schult.
  • Machaerina Nees
  • Vauthiera A.Rich. in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Lepidosperma:[1][6]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ "Genus Lepidosperma". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. ^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ^ Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. (2012). A review of the genus Lepidosperma Labill. (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 225-294.
  5. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 260, 鳞籽莎属 lin zi suo shu, Lepidosperma Labillardière, Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 14. 1805.
  6. ^ "Lepidosperma". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  7. ^ Plunkett, George; Wilson, Karen; Bruhl, Jeremy (2013-11-07). "Sedges in the mist: A new species of Lepidosperma (Cyperaceae, Schoeneae) from the mountains of Tasmania". PhytoKeys (28): 19–59. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.28.5592. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 3881413. PMID 24399891.