''Lepidosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant of the family

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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 ''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. Species Species include: ...

'' (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'' Boeck. - SA, VIC *''

Lepidosperma carphoides ''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. Species Species include: Abb ...

'' 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 ''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. Species Species include: Abb ...

'' 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 ''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. Species Species include: Abb ...

'' R.Br. - SOA, VIC *''

Lepidosperma costale ''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. Species Species include: Abb ...

'' Nees - WA *''

Lepidosperma curtisiae ''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. Species Species include: Abb ...

'' K.L.Wilson & D.I.Morris - NSW SOA TAS VIC *'' Lepidosperma diurnum'' R.L.Barrett - WA *'' Lepidosperma drummondii'' Benth. - WA *''

Lepidosperma effusum ''Lepidosperma effusum'', commonly known as the riverside sword sedge or spreading sword sedge, is an evergreen species of sedge that is native to southwest Western Australia. Description The sedge has a robust and tufted habit typically growing ...

'' Benth. Spreading Sword-sedge - WA *'' Lepidosperma elatius'' Labill. - NSW TAS VIC *'' Lepidosperma ensiforme'' (Rodway) D.I.Morris - TAS *''

Lepidosperma evansianum ''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. Species Species include: Abb ...

'' K.L.Wilson - NSW *'' Lepidosperma ferricola'' R.L.Barrett - WA *'' Lepidosperma ferriculmen'' R.L.Barrett - WA *''

Lepidosperma filiforme ''Lepidosperma filiforme'', also known as the common rapier-sedge, is a sedge that occurs in coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. Plants grow to between 0.3 and 1 metre high. The culms are smooth, rigid, terete and betwe ...

'' 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 ''Lepidosperma gladiatum'' is commonly known as the coast sword-sedge or coastal sword-sedge. It is an evergreen species of sedge that is native to southern coastal areas of Australia. It was described by French botanist Jacques Labillardière in ...

'' 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 ''Lepidosperma laterale'', commonly known as the variable swordsedge, is a plant found in south-eastern Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. It is often found on sandy soils or rocky areas in wooded areas. The specific epithet ''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 ''Lepidosperma squamatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is native to Southwest Australia. It was described by Jacques Labillardière in '' Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen'' (1805). The specific epithet ...

'' Labill. - WA *'' Lepidosperma striatum'' R.Br. - WA *'' Lepidosperma tenue'' Benth. - WA *''

Lepidosperma tetraquetrum ''Lepidosperma tetraquetrum'' is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Southwest Australia. The rhizomatous sedge typically grows to a height of two to three metres and with a spread of around two and a half metres wide. It is a tu ...

'' 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

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