Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Schoenus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Schoenus caespitans Petrie, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 56: 9 (1926)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar (1970)
  • = Schoenus apogon var. reductus Kük. (1938)
 Description

Culms 1.5–6 cm. long, < 0.5 mm. diam. Lvs = or > culms. Spikelets 3–5 mm. long, us. 1-fld, or rarely a second male fl. is produced. Glumes with a broad cream centre. Surface cells of nut smaller than in .

[From:  Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2. as Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Naturally Uncommon]
Petrie, D. 1926: Descriptions of new native plants. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 6–16.