''Lepidosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant of the family
Cyperaceae
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. Most of the species are
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to
Australia
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, with others native to southern
China
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,
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,
New Guinea
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,
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and
New Zealand
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Species
Species include: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
New Zealand ( mi, A ...
'' (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'' 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
''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'' 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
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Cyperaceae genera
Taxa named by Jacques Labillardière