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Culms

and leaves with Kranz (chlorocyperoid) anatomy.

Inflorescences

spikes;

rachilla persistent, wingless.

Spikelets

borne in spikes;

floral scales deciduous, rounded.

Flowers

stamens 2–3, usually 3 in C. laevigatus;

pistils 2;

stigmas 2(–3 in C. serotinus).

Achenes

biconvex, dorsiventrally flattened, face borne toward rachilla.

Cyperus subg. Juncellus

Distribution
Pantropical and warm-temperate regions
Discussion

Species 6 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 23, p. 163.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Cyperus
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms C. section Juncellus, subg. Acorellus, subg. Juncellus
Name authority (Grisebach) C. B. Clarke: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 33. (1884)
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