Flora of North America species comparison

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Cyperus subg. Diclidium
Culms

and leaves with Kranz (chlorocyperoid) anatomy.
Inflorescences

spikes loose to dense, ovoid to cylindric;

rachilla articulate at base of each scale.
Spikelets

mature spikelets breaking into 1-fruited segments, each including internode of rachilla;

floral scales persistent, achene clasped by rachilla wings.
Flowers

stamens 3;

stigmas 3.
Achenes

trigonous, slightly dorsiventrally flattened.

Cyperus subg. Diclidium
Distribution
Pantropical and warm-temperate regions
Discussion

Species 8 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Cyperus
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms subg. Diclidium, C. subg. Torulinium, subg. Torulinium
Name authority (Schrader ex Nees) C. B. Clarke: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 34. (1884)
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