Plants of
South Australia
Schoenus nitens
Cyperaceae
Shiny Bog-sedge,
Shiny Bog-rush
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 10

Prior names

Scirpus nitens

Chaetospora nitens

Common names

Shiny Bog-sedge

Shiny Bog-rush

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)
Number
of plants
Date
collected
Collection number
Collection location
Date
stored
% ViabilityStorage
temperature
BGA7,300 (5.31 g)100+20-Nov-2007DJD960
South Eastern
19-Sep-200880%-18°C
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.