Schoenus maschalinusRoem. & Schult.

WFO wfo-0000531357 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Schoenus maschalinus, photographed by Leon Perrie
fig. a Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205079231
Schoenus maschalinus, photographed by Leon Perrie
fig. b Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204818966
Schoenus maschalinus, photographed by Pieter Pelser
fig. c Pieter Pelser, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169062487
Schoenus maschalinus, photographed by Paul Bell-Butler
fig. d Paul Bell-Butler, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112425049
Schoenus maschalinus, photographed by Leon Perrie
fig. e Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110810098
Schoenus maschalinus, photographed by Leon Perrie
fig. f Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108901365
Schoenus maschalinus, photographed by Alice Shanks
fig. g Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59212265
Schoenus maschalinus, photographed by Leon Perrie
fig. h Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30143433

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Schoenus maschalinus is native: New Guinea, Philippines, Sumatera, Chatham Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Marianas New GuineaPhilippinesSumateraNew South WalesNew Zealand NorthNew Zealand SouthQueenslandSouth AustraliaTasmaniaVictoria Chatham Is.Marianas
Native distribution of Schoenus maschalinus, 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
New Guinea NWG ASIA-TROPICAL
Philippines PHI
Sumatera SUM
Marianas MRN PACIFIC

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 14 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 axillaris R.Br.
  • Chaetospora axillaris f. terrestris Boeckeler
  • Helothrix axillaris (R.Br.) Palla
  • Helothrix philippinensis Palla
  • Helothrix pusilla Nees
  • Schoenus axillaris (R.Br.) Hook.f.
  • Schoenus erythrosiphon Ohwi
  • Schoenus foliatus (Hook.f.) S.T.Blake
  • Schoenus mariannae Hosok.
  • Schoenus philippinensis (Palla) Kük. ex Merr.
  • Schoenus subaxillaris Kük.
  • Schoenus subaxillaris f. terrestris (Boeckeler) Kük.
  • Scirpus foliatus Hook.f.
  • Scleria setifera 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. 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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