Cyperaceae

Family in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection

Digitised Reference Slides
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Distribution
Cyperaceae (rights holder: 2010 Moorea Biocode)© 2010 Moorea Biocode (licence)

Sedges

Annual or perennial herbs, usually most abundant in wet places. Culms usually triangular, usually solid. Leaves: alternate, usually 3-ranked, simple, grass-like or reduced to sheaths; sheath usually closed; ligule usually 0; lamina usually linear or setaceous. Inflorescence consisting of numerous spikelets, usually arranged in an anthela or panicle, often ± umbellate and subtended by leaf-like bra... © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

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Definition
Genera
Taxonomic Completion
13.64%
15 of 110 accepted Genera
Global Pollen Project UUID
eab4c2da-93b3-43a5-9233-ca381c2d9a22
Botanical Reference
None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources

This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.

The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility