Species
The 34 species accepted: *'' Schoenoplectus acutus'' ( Muhl. ex J.M.Bigelow) Á.Löve & D.Löve – Tule – Canada, much of the United States; northern and central Mexico as far south as Michoacán; Clipperton Island. *'' Schoenoplectus americanus'' (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller – Chairmaker's bulrush, Olney's bulrush – Much of Western Hemisphere from Alaska to Argentina including West Indies; also New Zealand *'' Schoenoplectus annamicus'' (Raymond) T.Koyama – Vietnam *'' Schoenoplectus californicus'' ( C.A.Mey.) Steud. – California bulrush, giant bulrush (Americas) – southern United States; California, Oregon; West Indies; Latin America from Mexico to Chile and Argentina; Falkland Islands; Easter Island * ''Schoenoplectus'' × ''carinatus'' (Sm.) Palla – Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Central Asia, Himalayas (hybrid ''S. lacustris'' × ''S. triqueter'') *'' Schoenoplectus confusus'' (N.E.Br.) Lye – eastern and southern Africa * ''Schoenoplectus'' × ''contortus'' (Eames) S.G.Sm. – widely scattered locations in United States (hybrid ''S. americanus'' × ''S. pungens'') *'' Schoenoplectus corymbosus'' (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) J.Raynal in B.Peyre de Fabregues & J.P.Lebrun – widespread across much of Africa; Spain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, India, Pakistan *'' Schoenoplectus decipiens'' (Nees) J.Raynal – southern Africa *'' Schoenoplectus deltarum'' (Schuyler) Soják – widely scattered locations in southern and central United States *'' Schoenoplectus ehrenbergii'' (Boeckeler) Soják – European Russia, Gansu, Hebei, Ningxia, Shandong, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan *'' Schoenoplectus etuberculatus'' (Steud.) Soják – southeastern United States from Delaware to Texas – isolated populations in Missouri and Rhode Island *'' Schoenoplectus halophilus'' Papch. & Laktionov – southern European Russia *'' Schoenoplectus heptangularis'' Cabezas & Jim.Mejías – Bioko *'' Schoenoplectus heterochaetus'' ( Chase) Soják – Slender bulrush – Canada; northern and central United States, California * ''Schoenoplectus'' × ''kuekenthalianus'' (Junge) D.H.Kent – Great Britain; Ontario, Quebec, Oregon, Minnesota, New York, Vermont (hybrid ''S. tabernaemontana'' × ''S. triqueter'') *'' Schoenoplectus lacustris'' – Common club-rush, bulrush – Europe and Asia from Portugal to Sakhalin; North Africa; southern Africa; Eritrea, Yemen *'' Schoenoplectus litoralis'' (Schrad.) Palla – central and southern Europe; northern and central Africa; Comoros; Madagascar; southern Asia from Turkey and Saudi Arabia to China *'' Schoenoplectus monocephalus'' (J.Q.He) S.Yun Liang & S.R.Zhang – Anhui region of China *'' Schoenoplectus muricinux'' (C.B.Clarke) J.Raynal – central and southern Africa *'' Schoenoplectus muriculatus'' (Kük.) Browning – southern Africa *'' Schoenoplectus nipponicus'' (Makino) Soják – Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russian Far East * ''Schoenoplectus'' × ''oblongus'' (T.Koyama) Soják – widely scattered locations in United States and Canada (hybrid ''S. acutus'' × ''S. tabernaemontani'') *'' Schoenoplectus paludicola'' (Kunth) Palla – South Africa *'' Schoenoplectus pulchellus'' (Kunth) J.Raynal – Lesotho, South Africa *'' Schoenoplectus pungens'' – Sharp club-rush, three-square bulrush – widespread across North and South America, central Europe, Australia, New Zealand; apparently absent from Asia and Africa *'' Schoenoplectus rhodesicus'' (Podlech) Lye – Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe *'' Schoenoplectus scirpoides'' (Schrad.) Browning – eastern and southern Africa * ''Schoenoplectus'' × ''steinmetzii'' (Fernald) S.G.Sm. – Maine and Wisconsin (hybrid ''S. heterochaetus'' × ''S. tabernaemontani'') *'' Schoenoplectus subterminalis'' (Torr.) Soják – eastern and western US and Canada, though mostly absent in central regions *'' Schoenoplectus subulatus'' (Vahl) Lye – scattered distribution across Africa, Asia, Australia, and some Pacific Island *''References
{{Authority control Cyperaceae genera Taxa named by Eduard Palla