Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Schoenus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Schoenus concinnus (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 299 (1864)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Chaetospora concinna Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 274, t.62 B (1853)
  • ≡ Schoenus nitens var. concinnus (Hook.f.) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. (1906)
  • = Schoenus moorei Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 13: 384 (1881)
 Description

Culms (1)–2–7–(25) cm. long, < 0.5 mm. diam. Lvs >, = or < culms. Infl. of 1–(3) spikelets. Spikelets (3.5)–4–5–(7) mm. long. Glumes subacute, us. dark brown to almost black. Nut 1.5–2 mm. long, yellow-brown.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2. as Schoenus nitens var. concinnus]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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de Lange, P.J.; Murray, B.G.; Datson, P.M. 2004: Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora – 38. Counts for 50 families. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42: 873–904.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
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Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.
Kaur, N.; Datson, P.M.; Murray, B.G. 2011: Hybridization amongst New Zealand Schoenus (Cyperaceae)? New Zealand Journal of Botany 49(4): 503–507.
Kirk, T. 1881 ("1880"): Description of new Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 13: 384–385.