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Lepidosperma

{{Short description|Genus of grass-like plants}}

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| image = Sword sedge.jpg

| image_caption = Lepidosperma gladiatum

| taxon = Lepidosperma

| authority = Labill.

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| synonyms =

  • Lepidotosperma Roem. & Schult.
  • Machaerina Nees
  • Vauthiera A.Rich. in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville

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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.{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Lepidosperma |title=Genus Lepidosperma |accessdate=5 December 2012 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=252130 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Barrett, R.L. & Wilson, K.L. (2012). A review of the genus Lepidosperma Labill. (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 225-294.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118070 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 260, 鳞籽莎属 lin zi suo shu, Lepidosperma Labillardière, Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 14. 1805. ]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Lepidosperma:{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=LEPIDOSPERMA|title= Lepidosperma|accessdate=2008-04-14|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}

Abbreviations in capital letters after the names represent states in Australia.

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Category:Cyperaceae genera

Category:Taxa named by Jacques Labillardière