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Saw-sedges
Gahnia
Gahnia (sawsedge, saw-sedge) is a genus of sedges native to China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and a number of Pacific Islands. The common name is due to the toothed margins. It often forms tussocks.
41 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Red-berried Saw-sedge
speciesGahnia aspera
Red-fruit Saw-sedge
speciesGahnia sieberiana
Thatch Saw-sedge
speciesGahnia radula
tall saw-sedge
speciesGahnia clarkei
Cutty grass
speciesGahnia lacera
Giant cutty grass
speciesGahnia xanthocarpa
cutting grass
speciesGahnia grandis
Razor Sedge
speciesGahnia setifolia
chaffy saw-sedge
speciesGahnia filum
Gahnia tristis
speciesGahnia tristis
Cutting Sedge
speciesGahnia pauciflora
coastal saw-sedge
speciesGahnia trifida
Uki
speciesGahnia beecheyi
Gahnia procera
speciesGahnia procera
black-fruit saw-sedge
speciesGahnia melanocarpa
heathy saw-sedge
speciesGahnia deusta
Gahnia rigida
speciesGahnia rigida
Desert Saw-sedge
speciesGahnia lanigera
Gahnia ancistrophylla
speciesGahnia ancistrophylla
Bog Saw-sedge
speciesGahnia subaequiglumis
Gahnia insignis
speciesGahnia insignis
Gahnia microstachya
speciesGahnia microstachya
Gahnia decomposita
speciesGahnia decomposita
Fijian sawsedge
speciesGahnia vitiensis
Gahnia erythrocarpa
speciesGahnia erythrocarpa
Gahnia javanica
speciesGahnia javanica
Gahnia baniensis
speciesGahnia baniensis
Gahnia filifolia
speciesGahnia filifolia
Gahnia novocaledonensis
speciesGahnia novocaledonensis
Gahnia hystrix
speciesGahnia hystrix
Gahnia rodwayi
speciesGahnia rodwayi
Gahnia howeana
speciesGahnia howeana
Gahnia aristata
speciesGahnia aristata
Gahnia drummondii
speciesGahnia drummondii
Gahnia sclerioides
speciesGahnia sclerioides
Gahnia marquisensis
speciesGahnia marquisensis
Gahnia australis
speciesGahnia australis
Gahnia sinuosa
speciesGahnia sinuosa
Gahnia halmaturina
speciesGahnia halmaturina
Gahnia microcarpa
speciesGahnia microcarpa
Gahnia schoenoides
speciesGahnia schoenoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 147015.