''Schoenus brevifolius'', known as zig-zag bog-rush, is a species of

sedge The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...

native to Australia,

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, New Caledonia, and the Ogasawara ( Bonin) Islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810.Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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''Schoenus brevifolius'' occurrence data
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brevifolius Plants described in 1810 Flora of Australia Flora of New Zealand Flora of New Caledonia Flora of the Bonin Islands Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Cyperaceae-stub