Schoenus apogonRoem. & Schult.

smooth bogrush

WFO wfo-0000529165 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Schoenus apogon, photographed by Nina Kerr
fig. a Nina Kerr, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-31 / obs. 166753545
Schoenus apogon, photographed by Andrew Allen
fig. b Andrew Allen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162845182
Schoenus apogon, photographed by Leon Perrie
fig. c Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113936554
Schoenus apogon, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. d Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111848652
Schoenus apogon, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. e Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 93711803
Schoenus apogon, photographed by Ben Fisher
fig. f Ben Fisher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106110071
Schoenus apogon, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. g naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174992033
Schoenus apogon, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. h naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174092186

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Schoenus apogon is native: Japan, Nansei-shoto, Vietnam, Chatham Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria JapanVietnamNew South WalesNew Zealand NorthNew Zealand SouthQueenslandSouth AustraliaTasmaniaVictoria Nansei-shotoChatham Is.
Native distribution of Schoenus apogon, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Chatham Is. CTM AUSTRALASIA
New South Wales NSW
New Zealand North NZN
New Zealand South NZS
Queensland QLD
South Australia SOA
Tasmania TAS
Victoria VIC
Japan JAP ASIA-TEMPERATE
Nansei-shoto NNS
Vietnam VIE ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chaetospora albescens Franch. & Sav.
  • Chaetospora imberbis R.Br.
  • Chaetospora japonica Franch. & Sav.
  • Chaetospora tenuissima Steud.
  • Chaetospora umbellulifera Boeckeler
  • Helothrix imberbis (R.Br.) Palla
  • Isolepis margaritifera Nees
  • Schoenus albescens (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum.
  • Schoenus apogon var. laxiflorus C.B.Clarke ex Cheeseman
  • Schoenus apogon var. reductus Kük.
  • Schoenus brownii Hook.f.
  • Schoenus caespitans Petrie
  • Schoenus laxiflorus Steud.
  • Schoenus vacillans Kirk
  • Scirpus margaritiferus (Nees) Boeckeler

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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