Actinoschoenus is a genus of the sedge family. It contains three species native to central tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia, and Australia.
Species According to a 2021 taxonomic revision based on molecular data, the genus includes two species, Actinoschoenus aphyllus and A. repens. Reference databases Plants of the World Online and World Flora Online also include A. yunnanensis. Actinoschoenus aphyllus – west-central tropical Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius, India and Sri Lanka, Indochina, southeastern China, western Malesia, and Australia Actinoschoenus repens – Zambia Actinoschoenus yunnanensis – Indochina to Assam and Yunnan
Formerly placed here Previously, Actinoschoenus was circumscribed more widely, and included five species native to Australia. Those species are now considered to form a separate genus, Scleroschoenus
Scleroschoenus arthrostyloides (as Actinoschoenus arthrostyloides (W.Fitzg.) K.L.Clarke, K.L.Wilson & J.J.Bruhl Scleroschoenus glabrispiculus (as Actinoschoenus glabrispiculus Rye, R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett) Scleroschoenus pentagonus (as Actinoschoenus pentagonus Rye, R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett) Scleroschoenus quadricostatus (as Actinoschoenus quadricostatus Rye, R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett) Scleroschoenus ramosus (as Actinoschoenus ramosus Rye, R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett)
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