Flora of North America species comparison

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Schoenoplectus sect. Actaeogeton
Habit Plants annual or rarely perennial, cespitose; rhizomes inconspicuous, very short, firm [perennials, rhizomes long].
Culms

0.5–3 mm diam.
Leaves

all basal.
Inflorescences

capitate or of 1 spikelet [sometimes branched].
Spikelets

scales each with 3–11 distinct parallel ribs in proximal part of spikelet, apex entire, mostly mucronate.
Flowers

perianth present or absent, segments bristlelike, spinulose;

amphicarpic flowers absent.
Achenes

plane or biconvex, sometimes trigonous, rugulose, without prominent, transverse, wavy ridges.

Schoenoplectus sect. Actaeogeton
Distribution
Worldwide; mostly in eastern Asia; the Pacific Islands; and e North America
Discussion

Species ca. 23 (3 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Schoenoplectus
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms Scirpus section Actaegeton
Name authority (Reichenbach) J. Raynal: Adansonia, n.s. 16: 130. (1976)
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