Cyperaceae taxon details
Schoenus apogon Roem. & Schult.
1681411 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681411)
accepted
Species
Chaetospora imberbis R.Br. · unaccepted
Helothrix imberbis (R.Br.) Palla · unaccepted
Schoenus brownii Hook.f. · unaccepted
- Variety Schoenus apogon var. apogon Roem. & Schult.
- Variety Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar
- Variety Schoenus apogon var. laxiflorus (Steud.) C.B.Clarke ex Cheeseman accepted as Schoenus apogon var. apogon Roem. & Schult.
- Variety Schoenus apogon var. reductus Kük. accepted as Schoenus apogon var. apogon Roem. & Schult.
- Variety Schoenus apogon var. yarrabensis (Domin) Kük. accepted as Schoenus yarrabensis Domin
recent only
Not documented
Lectotype (of Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.) BM 000991043,...
Lectotype (of Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.) BM 000991043, geounit New South Wales [details]
Description Tufted annual. Culms erect, flaccid, terete, striate, nodeless or 1-noded, 3–25 (occasionally to 55) cm long, 0.5–1.2...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syst. Veg. 2: 77 1817 to Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 77 (1817),...
Description Tufted annual. Culms erect, flaccid, terete, striate, nodeless or 1-noded, 3–25 (occasionally to 55) cm long, 0.5–1.2 mm diam. Leaves with blade to 15 cm long; sheath straw-coloured to dark red-brown, striate, more or less shining; mouth glabrous; ligule present. Inflorescence of 1 loosely hemispherical cluster of 6–16 spikelets, usually with 1–4 clusters below, erect, 1–15 cm long; lowest involucral bract to 17 cm long. Spikelets narrow-ovate, acute, 1–3-flowered, 2.5–7.5 mm long. Glumes 4–6, lowest 2–4 empty, narrow-ovate, acute, red-brown to blackish, shining, with glabrous margins, midvein often scabrous; fertile glumes 2.0–5.5 mm long. Bristles 5 or 6, not plumose, shorter than or equalling nut. Stamens 3; anthers 1.0–3.2 mm. long. Nut trigonous, obovoid to subglobose, 1.0–1.2 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm diam., more or less 3-ribbed, reticulate-pitted to trabeculate, glabrous, shining, whitish. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syst. Veg. 2: 77 1817 to Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 77 (1817),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syst. Veg. 2: 77 1817 to Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 77 (1817), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Schoenus apogon Roem. & Schult.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681411 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.) Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 145-590 p., [1] h. ["Addenda"]. Londini [London]: typis Richardi Taylori et Scoii. Veneunt apud J. Johnson et Socios, in Caementerio Sancti Pauli., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371
page(s): 233 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 233 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Other
additional source
Li, B. Z.; Zhang, S. R. (2024). An updated species checklist and taxonomic synopsis of Cyperaceae in China. <em>Biodiversity Science.</em> 32(7): 24106., available online at https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2024106 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.) BM 000991043, geounit New South Wales [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Tufted annual. Culms erect, flaccid, terete, striate, nodeless or 1-noded, 3–25 (occasionally to 55) cm long, 0.5–1.2 mm diam. Leaves with blade to 15 cm long; sheath straw-coloured to dark red-brown, striate, more or less shining; mouth glabrous; ligule present. Inflorescence of 1 loosely hemispherical cluster of 6–16 spikelets, usually with 1–4 clusters below, erect, 1–15 cm long; lowest involucral bract to 17 cm long. Spikelets narrow-ovate, acute, 1–3-flowered, 2.5–7.5 mm long. Glumes 4–6, lowest 2–4 empty, narrow-ovate, acute, red-brown to blackish, shining, with glabrous margins, midvein often scabrous; fertile glumes 2.0–5.5 mm long. Bristles 5 or 6, not plumose, shorter than or equalling nut. Stamens 3; anthers 1.0–3.2 mm. long. Nut trigonous, obovoid to subglobose, 1.0–1.2 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm diam., more or less 3-ribbed, reticulate-pitted to trabeculate, glabrous, shining, whitish. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syst. Veg. 2: 77 1817 to Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 77 (1817), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Helothrix imberbis (R.Br.) Palla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Schoenus brownii Hook.f.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schoenus apogon)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Helothrix imberbis (R.Br.) Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus brownii Hook.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Helothrix imberbis (R.Br.) Palla)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus brownii Hook.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Chaetospora imberbis E00373573 type 1) (from synonym Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Chaetospora imberbis E00682887 possible type 1) (from synonym Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus apogon K000883825 isotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus apogon K000883826 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Schoenus apogon Roem. & Schult. BM000991042 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Schoenus apogon Roem. & Schult. BM000991044 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Helothrix imberbis (R.Br.) Palla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Schoenus brownii Hook.f.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schoenus apogon)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Helothrix imberbis (R.Br.) Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus brownii Hook.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Helothrix imberbis (R.Br.) Palla)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus brownii Hook.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Chaetospora imberbis E00373573 type 1) (from synonym Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Chaetospora imberbis E00682887 possible type 1) (from synonym Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus apogon K000883825 isotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus apogon K000883826 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Schoenus apogon Roem. & Schult. BM000991042 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Schoenus apogon Roem. & Schult. BM000991044 type 1)
