Schoenus nigricans L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 43 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cosmopolitan. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, California, Cape Provinces, Chad, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kirgizstan, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Netherlands, Nevada, New Mexico, Nicaragua, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Norway

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dey, S. & Prasanna, P.V. (2009). Exclusion of Schoenus nigricans L., Rhynchospora triflora Vahl, Scleria foliosa Hochst., & Scleria reticulata (Holtt.) Kern (Cyperaceae) from Flora of India. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 685-686.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Larridon, I., Thery, P. & Reynders, M. (2022). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Cyperaceae, Tribu VII. Schoeneae, VII,: 1-94. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
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  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Clarke in F.T.A. 8: 484 (1902).
  • Clarke in Fl. Cap. 7: 272 (1898);
  • Gordon- Gray in Strelitzia 2: 171, 174, figs.76,77 (1995).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 43 (1753).
  • Schönland in Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 3: 57 (1922).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Larridon, I., Thery, P. & Reynders, M. (2022). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Cyperaceae, Tribu VII. Schoeneae, VII,: 1-94. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

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