Flora of North America species comparison

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Oxycaryum

bulrush
Habit Herbs, perennial, not cespitose, stoloniferous, aquatic.
Culms

solitary, trigonous.
Leaves

basal;

ligules present, ciliate;

blades flat to V-shaped in cross section, prominently keeled on abaxial surface.
Inflorescences

terminal, umbellate heads or capitate;

involucral bracts 1–6+, spreading, leaflike.
Spikelets

scales 5–10+, 3-ranked, spirally arranged, each subtending flower.
Flowers

bisexual;

perianth absent;

stamens 3;

styles 2-fid, linear, base persistent.
Achenes

plano-convex, margins and apex corky.

Oxycaryum
Distribution
from USDA
Tropical and subtropical America and Africa
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species 1.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23, p. 140. Author: Jeremy J. Bruhl.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae
Subordinate taxa
O. cubense
Name authority Nees: in C. F. P. von Martius et al., Fl. Brasil. 2(1): 90. (1842)
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