Scirpus ternatanusReinw. ex Miq.

WFO wfo-0000546576 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scirpus ternatanus, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-23 / obs. 200282299
Scirpus ternatanus, photographed by chiuluan
fig. b chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197298694
Scirpus ternatanus, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184048276
Scirpus ternatanus, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190584559
Scirpus ternatanus, photographed by chiuluan
fig. e chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179241991
Scirpus ternatanus, photographed by chiuluan
fig. f chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179234307
Scirpus ternatanus, photographed by 葉子
fig. g 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 178182270
Scirpus ternatanus, photographed by chiuluan
fig. h chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172638745

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Scirpus ternatanus is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, Jawa, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshBorneoEast HimalayaJawaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Scirpus ternatanus, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
Ogasawara-shoto OGA
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

Not drawn on the map: Ogasawara-shoto. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 1 synonym

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.

  • Scirpus chinensis Munro

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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