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Zig-zag bog-rush
S. brevifolius flowering in late August in New South Wales, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Schoenus
Species:	S. brevifolius
Binomial name
Schoenus brevifolius R.Br.
Synonyms
Chaetospora tenax Hook.f. Schoenus tenax (Hook.f.) Hook.f. Schoenus hattorianus Nakai Schoenus brevifolius subsp. tenax (Hook.f.) Kük.

Schoenus brevifolius, known as zig-zag bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, and the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands. It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810.

References

1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. "Schoenus brevifolius R.Br. - PlantNET". Retrieved 24 December 2011.
3. "Schoenus brevifolius R.Br". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
4. Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
5. Brown, Robert (1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802–1805, London: R. Taylor et socii, p. 231, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.3678, Wikidata Q7247677

External links

• Schoenus brevifolius occurrence data from GBIF

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• Flora of New Caledonia
• Flora of the Bonin Islands
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