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|accepted_name=Schoenus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 42. 1753
|year=1753
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 26. 1754
|year=1754
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|common_names=Blackhead sedge
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Schoenus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Schoenus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek schoinos, rushlike plant
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 6, 7
|treatment_page=page 239
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> distally branched, terete. <b>Leaves</b> basal; ligules absent; blades involute or subcylindric. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, sometimes pseudolateral, capitate [diffusely branched]; spikelets (1–)10–25, black or very dark purple; involucral bracts 1–2, spreading or erect, leaflike. <b>Spikelets</b>: scales 3–8, distichous, black or very dark purple, 2–3 proximal scales empty, distal scales each subtending flower. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; perianth bristles 0–6, shorter or longer than achene, smooth or scabrous; stamens 3; styles deciduous, linear, 3-fid. <b>Achenes</b> rounded-trigonous to subterete.</span><!--

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|distribution=Worldwide in warm-temperate and tropical regions.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 80 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Schoenus is restricted mostly to Australasia; a few species occur in Africa, Eurasia, and the New World.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=kukenthal1938a
|text=Kükenthal, G. 1938. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae. Schoenus. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 1–32, 162–195.
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name=Schoenus
|author=Gordon C. Tucker
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|distribution=Worldwide in warm-temperate and tropical regions.
|reference=kukenthal1938a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Schoenus
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