''Lepidosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant of the family Cyperaceae. Most of the species are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to Australia, with others native to southern China,

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, New Caledonia and

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Species

Species include: Abbreviations in capital letters after the names represent states in Australia *'' Lepidosperma amantiferrum'' R.L.Barrett - WA *'' Lepidosperma angustatum'' R.Br. - 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 canescens ''Lepidosperma canescens'' (common name hoary rapier-sedge) is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to south-east South Australia and Victoria. There are no synonyms. Description ''Lepidosperma canescens'' is a clump-forming perenn ...

'' 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 ''Lepidosperma concavum'', commonly known as the sandhill sword-sedge, is a plant found in coastal regions of south-eastern and eastern Australia. It grows on sandy soils in woodland, forest and heathland. Description The sandhill sword-sedge ...

'' 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 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 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 muelleri'' Boeckeler - SA VIC *'' Lepidosperma neesii'' Kunth - NSW SA VIC *'' Lepidosperma obtusum'' Kük - WA *'' Lepidosperma oldfieldii'' Hook.f. TAS *'' Lepidosperma pauperum'' Kük - New Caledonia *'' Lepidosperma perplanum'' Guillaumin - New Caledonia *'' Lepidosperma persecans'' S.T.Blake - WA *'' Lepidosperma perteres'' C.B.Clarke - New Caledonia *'' 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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2704214 Cyperaceae genera Taxa named by Jacques Labillardière