Family · Monocots

Scheuchzeriaceae

Rannoch-rush

Single species Scheuchzeria palustris, a rhizomatous herb of northern-hemisphere peat bogs.

Accepted species

1accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈80 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Europemost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Scheuchzeria palustris

Its genus

• Scheuchzeria1 spp.

Where it grows

• Europe1
• Asia-Temperate1
• Northern America1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Scheuchzeriaceae sits in the order Alismatales.

• AraceaeAroids — philodendron, monstera, arum4,890
• PotamogetonaceaePondweeds193
• HydrocharitaceaeTape grass, frogbit145
• AlismataceaeWater plantains123
• AponogetonaceaeCape pondweeds60
• JuncaginaceaeArrowgrasses35
• TofieldiaceaeFalse asphodels30
• ZosteraceaeEelgrasses (seagrass)19
• CymodoceaceaeManatee grass (seagrass)18
• RuppiaceaeDitch grasses12
• PosidoniaceaeNeptune grass9
• ButomaceaeFlowering rush2
• Maundiaceae1