''Marsippospermum'' is a genus of

flowering plants Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the family

Juncaceae Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 genera and about 464 known species of slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous monocotyledonous plants that may superficially resemble grasses and ...

described in 1809. The genus is native to New Zealand, southern South America, and

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Dub ...

.Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. ; Species * ''

Marsippospermum gracile ''Marsippospermum gracile'', common name alpine rush, is a flowering plant species in the rush family Juncaceae which is native to New Zealand. Description It is a densely tufted, rhizomatomous plant, whose rhizomes are about 5 mm in diamete ...

'' (Hook.f.) Buchenau - New Zealand (

South Island The South Island ( , 'the waters of Pounamu, Greenstone') is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand by surface area, the others being the smaller but more populous North Island and Stewart Island. It is bordered to the north by ...

+ Antipodean Islands) * ''

Marsippospermum grandiflorum ''Marsippospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae described in 1809. The genus is native to New Zealand, southern South America, and Falkland Islands.Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the ...

'' (L.f.) Hook. - central + southern Chile, southern Argentina, Falkland Islands * '' Marsippospermum philippii'' (Buchenau) Hauman - southern Chile, southern Argentina * '' Marsippospermum reichei'' Buchenau - southern Chile, southern Argentina

References

Poales genera Taxa named by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux {{poales-stub