Lepidosperma is a genus of flowering plant of the family Cyperaceae. Most of the species are endemic to Australia, with others native to southern China, southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and New Zealand.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Lepidosperma:
Abbreviations in capital letters after the names represent states in Australia.
- Lepidosperma amantiferrum <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma angustatum <small>R.Br.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma angustifolium <small>Hook.f.</small> - TAS
- Lepidosperma apricola <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma asperatum <small>(Kük.) R.L.Barrett</small> -WA
- Lepidosperma australe <small>(A.Rich.) Hook.f</small> - New Zealand incl Chatham Island
- Lepidosperma avium <small>K.L.Wilson</small> - NT, SA
- Lepidosperma benthamianum <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma bungalbin <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma calcicola <small>R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma canescens <small>Boeck.</small> - SA, VIC
- Lepidosperma carphoides <small>F.Muell. ex Benth.</small> Black Rapier Sedge - WA, SA, VIC
- Lepidosperma chinense <small>Nees & Meyen ex Kunth</small> - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam
- Lepidosperma clipeicola <small>K.L.Wilson</small> - NSW QLD
- Lepidosperma concavum <small>R.Br.</small> Sandhill Sword-sedge - NSW
- Lepidosperma congestum <small>R.Br.</small> - SOA, VIC
- Lepidosperma costale <small>Nees</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma curtisiae <small>K.L.Wilson & D.I.Morris</small> - NSW SOA TAS VIC
- Lepidosperma diurnum <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma drummondii <small>Benth.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma effusum <small>Benth.</small> Spreading Sword-sedge - WA
- Lepidosperma elatius <small>Labill.</small> - NSW TAS VIC
- Lepidosperma ensiforme <small>(Rodway) D.I.Morris</small> - TAS
- Lepidosperma evansianum <small>K.L.Wilson</small> - NSW
- Lepidosperma fairallianum <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma ferricola <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma ferriculmen <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma filiforme <small>Labill.</small> Common Rapier-sedge - NSW TAS VIC New Zealand
- Lepidosperma fimbriatum <small>Nees in J.G.C.Lehmann</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma flexuosum <small>R.Br.</small> - NSW
- Lepidosperma forsythii <small>A.A.Ham.</small> - NSW TAS VIC
- Lepidosperma gahnioides <small>R.L.Barrett-</small> SA, WA
- Lepidosperma gibsonii <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma gladiatum <small>Labill.</small> Coast Sword-sedge - NSW SA TAS VIC WA
- Lepidosperma globosum <small>Labill</small> - TAS
- Lepidosperma gracile <small>R.Br.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma gunnii <small>Boeckeler</small> - NSW QLD TAS VIC
- Lepidosperma hispidulum <small>G.T.Plunkett, J.J.Bruhl & K.L.Wilson.</small> - SA
- Lepidosperma hopperi <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma humile <small>(Nees) Boeckeler</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma inops <small>F.Muell. ex Rodway</small> - TAS
- Lepidosperma jacksonense <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma laeve <small>R.Br.</small> - VIC
- Lepidosperma latens <small>K.L.Wilson</small> - NSW
- Lepidosperma laterale <small>R.Br.</small> Variable Sword-sedge - NSW QLD SA TAS VIC, New Zealand North Island
- Lepidosperma leptophyllum <small>Benth.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma leptostachyum <small>Benth.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma limicola <small>N.A.Wakef.</small> - NSW QLD VIC
- Lepidosperma lineare <small>R.Br </small> - NSW QLD TAS VIC
- Lepidosperma longitudinale <small>Labill.</small> Pithy Sword-sedge - Australia (all 6 states)
- Lepidosperma lyonsii <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma monticola <small>G.T.Plunkett & J.J.Bruhl</small>
- Lepidosperma muelleri <small>Boeckeler</small> - SA VIC
- Lepidosperma neesii <small>Kunth</small> - NSW SA VIC
- Lepidosperma neozelandicum <small>(Kük.) R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson</small> - New Zealand
- Lepidosperma obtusum <small>Kük</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma oldfieldii <small>Hook.f.</small> - TAS
- Lepidosperma oldhamii <small>R.L.Barrett</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma pauperum <small>Kük</small> - New Caledonia
- Lepidosperma perplanum <small>Guillaumin</small> - New Caledonia
- Lepidosperma persecans <small>S.T.Blake</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma perteres <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - New Caledonia
- Lepidosperma prospectum <small>G.T.Plunkett & R.L.Barrett</small> - NSW
- Lepidosperma pruinosum <small>Kuk.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma pubisquameum <small>Steud.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma quadrangulatum <small>A.A.Ham.</small> - NSW QLD
- Lepidosperma resinosum <small>(Lehm.) F.Muell.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma rigidulum <small>(Kük.) K.L.Wilson</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma rostratum <small>S.T.Blake</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma rupestre <small>Benth</small> Kalbarri Lepidosperma - WA
- Lepidosperma sanguinolentum <small>K.L.Wilson</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma scabrum <small>Nees</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma semiteres <small>Boeck.</small> - NSW SA VIC
- Lepidosperma sieberi <small>Kunth</small> - NSW TAS VIC
- Lepidosperma squamatum <small>Labill.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma striatum <small>R.Br.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma tenue <small>Benth.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma tetraquetrum <small>Nees</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma tortuosum <small>F.Muell.)</small> - NSW TAS VIC
- Lepidosperma tuberculatum <small>Nees</small> - NSW QLD WAU
- Lepidosperma urophorum <small>N.A.Wakef.</small> - NSW QLD VIC
- Lepidosperma ustulatum <small>Steud.</small> - WA
- Lepidosperma viscidum <small>R.Br.</small> Sticky Sword Sedge - NSW QLD VIC
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