Lepidosperma is a genus of flowering plant of the family Cyperaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Australia, with others native to southern China, southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and New Zealand.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. (2012). A review of the genus Lepidosperma Labill. (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 225-294.Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 260, 鳞籽莎属 lin zi suo shu, Lepidosperma Labillardière, Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 14. 1805.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Lepidosperma:
Abbreviations in capital letters after the names represent states in Australia.
Lepidosperma amantiferrum R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma angustatum R.Br. - WA Lepidosperma angustifolium Hook.f. - TAS Lepidosperma apricola R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma asperatum (Kük.) R.L.Barrett -WA Lepidosperma australe (A.Rich.) Hook.f - New Zealand incl Chatham Island Lepidosperma avium K.L.Wilson - NT, SA Lepidosperma benthamianum C.B.Clarke - WA Lepidosperma bungalbin R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma calcicola R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson - WA Lepidosperma canescens Boeck. - SA, VIC Lepidosperma carphoides F.Muell. ex Benth. Black Rapier Sedge - WA, SA, VIC Lepidosperma chinense Nees & Meyen ex Kunth - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam Lepidosperma clipeicola K.L.Wilson - NSW QLD Lepidosperma concavum R.Br. Sandhill Sword-sedge - NSW Lepidosperma congestum R.Br. - SOA, VIC Lepidosperma costale Nees - WA Lepidosperma curtisiae K.L.Wilson & D.I.Morris - NSW SOA TAS VIC Lepidosperma diurnum R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma drummondii Benth. - WA Lepidosperma effusum Benth. Spreading Sword-sedge - WA Lepidosperma elatius Labill. - NSW TAS VIC Lepidosperma ensiforme (Rodway) D.I.Morris - TAS Lepidosperma evansianum K.L.Wilson - NSW Lepidosperma fairallianum R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma ferricola R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma ferriculmen R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma filiforme Labill. Common Rapier-sedge - NSW TAS VIC New Zealand Lepidosperma fimbriatum Nees in J.G.C.Lehmann - WA Lepidosperma flexuosum R.Br. - NSW Lepidosperma forsythii A.A.Ham. - NSW TAS VIC Lepidosperma gahnioides R.L.Barrett- SA, WA Lepidosperma gibsonii R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma gladiatum Labill. Coast Sword-sedge - NSW SA TAS VIC WA Lepidosperma globosum Labill - TAS Lepidosperma gracile R.Br. - WA Lepidosperma gunnii Boeckeler - NSW QLD TAS VIC Lepidosperma hispidulum G.T.Plunkett, J.J.Bruhl & K.L.Wilson. - SA Lepidosperma hopperi R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma humile (Nees) Boeckeler - WA Lepidosperma inops F.Muell. ex Rodway - TAS Lepidosperma jacksonense R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma laeve R.Br. - VIC Lepidosperma latens K.L.Wilson - NSW Lepidosperma laterale R.Br. Variable Sword-sedge - NSW QLD SA TAS VIC, New Zealand North Island Lepidosperma leptophyllum Benth. - WA Lepidosperma leptostachyum Benth. - WA Lepidosperma limicola N.A.Wakef. - NSW QLD VIC Lepidosperma lineare R.Br - NSW QLD TAS VIC Lepidosperma longitudinale Labill. Pithy Sword-sedge - Australia (all 6 states) Lepidosperma lyonsii R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma monticola G.T.Plunkett & J.J.Bruhl Lepidosperma muelleri Boeckeler - SA VIC Lepidosperma neesii Kunth - NSW SA VIC Lepidosperma neozelandicum (Kük.) R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson - New Zealand Lepidosperma obtusum Kük - WA Lepidosperma oldfieldii Hook.f. - TAS Lepidosperma oldhamii R.L.Barrett - WA Lepidosperma pauperum Kük - New Caledonia Lepidosperma perplanum Guillaumin - New Caledonia Lepidosperma persecans S.T.Blake - WA Lepidosperma perteres C.B.Clarke - New Caledonia Lepidosperma prospectum G.T.Plunkett & R.L.Barrett - NSW Lepidosperma pruinosum Kuk. - WA Lepidosperma pubisquameum Steud. - WA Lepidosperma quadrangulatum A.A.Ham. - NSW QLD Lepidosperma resinosum (Lehm.) F.Muell. - WA Lepidosperma rigidulum (Kük.) K.L.Wilson - WA Lepidosperma rostratum S.T.Blake - WA Lepidosperma rupestre Benth Kalbarri Lepidosperma - WA Lepidosperma sanguinolentum K.L.Wilson - WA Lepidosperma scabrum Nees - WA Lepidosperma semiteres Boeck. - NSW SA VIC Lepidosperma sieberi Kunth - NSW TAS VIC Lepidosperma squamatum Labill. - WA Lepidosperma striatum R.Br. - WA Lepidosperma tenue Benth. - WA Lepidosperma tetraquetrum Nees - WA Lepidosperma tortuosum F.Muell.) - NSW TAS VIC Lepidosperma tuberculatum Nees - NSW QLD WAU Lepidosperma urophorum N.A.Wakef. - NSW QLD VIC Lepidosperma ustulatum Steud. - WA Lepidosperma viscidum R.Br. Sticky Sword Sedge - NSW QLD VIC
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