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Cyperaceae taxon details

Schoenus cygneus (Nees) Nees

To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus cygneus K000883777 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus cygneus K000883777 type 1)

1681449 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1681449)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cyperoideae (Subfamily)
  12. Schoeneae (Tribe)
  13. Schoeninae (Subtribe)
  14. Schoenus (Genus)
  15. Schoenus cygneus (Species)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
(of Chaetospora cygnea Nees) Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841). Characters of new genera and species of New Holland Cyperaceae, Restiaceae, and Juncaceae. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 1, 6: 45-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335847
page(s): 49 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Nees) Nees to Nees, information provided by Alan E. on...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Nees) Nees to Nees, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1.[details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Schoenus cygneus (Nees) Nees. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1681449 on 2026-09-23
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2023-09-06 07:35:01Z
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Larridon, Isabel
2024-12-10 11:47:54Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Chaetospora cygnea Nees) Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841). Characters of new genera and species of New Holland Cyperaceae, Restiaceae, and Juncaceae. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 1, 6: 45-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335847
page(s): 49 [details] 

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

new combination reference Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. D. (1846). Cyperaceae. Pp. 72-94 in Lehmann, J.G.C.(ed.), Plantae Preissianae vol. 2. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/498822
page(s): 81 [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Isotype (of Chaetospora cygnea Nees) K 000883780, geounit Western Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Nees) Nees to Nees, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1.[details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chaetospora cygnea Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenus brevisetis var. cygneus (Nees) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Chaetospora cygnea Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Chaetospora cygnea Nees)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenus brevisetis var. cygneus (Nees) Kük.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus cygneus K000883777 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus cygneus K000883778 isotype 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus cygneus K000883779 isotype 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Schoenus cygneus K000883780 isotype 1) 
From editor or global species database
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