Schoenus laevinux
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Description
Perennial with short woody rhizome.
Leaves 1-2, much reduced, their sheaths shining blackish-purple, woolly-ciliate at the mouth (at length more or less glabrescent);
Inflorescence paniculate, narrow, loose, (10-)20- 30 cm long, consisting of 5-7 fascicles of branches.
Stamens 3;
Distribution
Ambon present, Arfak Mts present, Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, Carolines present, Dschidschugari Chimbu Subdistr present, Goodenough Is present, Hollandia present, Hunsteinspitze present, Idenburg R present, Micronesia present, Morobe present, NE. New Guinea present, New Britain present, Normanby present, Papua present, Ponape present, Rouffaer R present, S. Highlands present, W. New Guinea present, Wissel Lakes present
Micronesia (Carolines: Ponape); in Malesia: Moluccas (Ambon); New Guinea (W. New Guinea: Arfak Mts, Hollandia, Rouffaer R., Idenburg R., Wissel Lakes; NE. New Guinea: Hunsteinspitze, Morobe, Dschidschugari Chimbu Subdistr.; Papua: S. Highlands), Normanby&Goodenough Is., New Britain.
Notes
The closely related S. tendo (HOOK.ƒ.) HOOK ƒ. from New Zealand differs from 5. laevinux by the much less stouter habit, the less copious panicles, the smaller straight spikelets, the presence of hypogynous bristles, the 2 stamens, and the dull ferrugineous nut. The demarcation of S. laevinux against S. tendo var. triander KÜK. from New Caledonia, which variety is stouter than typical S. tendo, triandrous, and with up to 6 hypogynous bristles, Néerls further investigation.