Schoenus pedicellatus explained

Schoenus pedicellatus is a species in family Cyperaceae, first described by Robert Brown in 1810 as Chaetospora pedicellata,[1] but assigned to the genus, Schoenus, in 1811 by Jean Louis Marie Poiret.[2] Note that GBIF and Plants of the World Online both give the genus change as being by Roem. (Johann Jacob Roemer) & Schult. (Josef August Schultes)[3] However the species is Australian and the text by Poiret is earlier than that of Roemer and Schultes.

It is a tufted sedge growing in clumps of up to 0.2 m and flowers from July to December or January. It is endemic to Western Australia,[4] [5] where it is found growing on various sands.

Notes and References

  1. 232. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36315509.
  2. Book: Poiret, J.L.M. . Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de . Poiret, J.L.M.. 1811. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. . 2. 1. 251.
  3. Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 76
  4. Schoenus pedicellatus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. . urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:159522-3.
  5. Web site: Schoenus pedicellatus (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. . 2022-09-05 . Global Biodiversity Information Facility . en.