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Classification

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Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Scirpus L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants

Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons

Subclass Commelinidae

Order Cyperales

Family Cyperaceae – Sedge family

Genus Scirpus L. – bulrush P

Contains 22 Species and 20 accepted taxa overall

Down one level

Species Scirpus ancistrochaetus Schuyler – barbedbristle bulrush P

Species Scirpus atrocinctus Fernald – blackgirdle bulrush P

Species Scirpus atrovirens Willd. – green bulrush P

Species Scirpus congdonii Britton – Congdon's bulrush P

Species Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth – woolgrass P

Species Scirpus diffusus Schuyler – umbrella bulrush P

Species Scirpus divaricatus Elliot – spreading bulrush P

Species Scirpus expansus Fernald – woodland bulrush P

Species Scirpus flaccidifolius (Fernald) Schuyler – reclining bulrush P

Species Scirpus georgianus Harper – Georgia bulrush P

Species Scirpus hattorianus Makino – mosquito bulrush P

Species Scirpus lineatus Michx. – drooping bulrush P

Species Scirpus litoralis Kuntze – bulrush P

Species Scirpus littoralis Schrad. P

Variety Scirpus littoralis Schrad. var. capensis (Boeckeler) Koyama P

Species Scirpus longii Fernald – Long's bulrush P

Species Scirpus microcarpus J. Presl & C. Presl – panicled bulrush P

Species Scirpus nevadensis S. Watson – Nevada bulrush P

Species Scirpus pallidus (Britton) Fernald – cloaked bulrush P

Species Scirpus ×peckii Britton (pro sp.) P

Species Scirpus pedicellatus Fernald – stalked bulrush P

Species Scirpus pendulus Muhl. – rufous bulrush P

Species Scirpus polyphyllus Vahl – leafy bulrush P

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