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Eleocharis (sect. Eleocharis) ser. Albidae
Taxon 46: 440. 1997.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23.
Plants perennial, never stoloniferous or proliferating from spikelets. Rhizomes creeping 1–1.5 mm thick. Culms terete 0.3–1 mm wide. Leaves: distal leaf-sheaths persistent, firmly membranous to papery, apex acute to acuminate or sometimes blunt, tooth absent. Spikelets terete; basal spikelets absent. Floral scales cartilaginous to papery, rarely membranous. Styles 3-fid. Achenes pale-brown to blackish, trigonous, smooth at 30X. Tubercles distinct from achene apex in color, texture, and form.
Distribution
United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Central America
Discussion
Species 2 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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trigonous +
0.4mm;2mm +
basifixed +
blunt;acute;acuminate +
absent +
persistent +
absent +
1;many +
2;3 +
internal +
terete +
spongy +
0.3mm;1mm +
disintegrating +
persistent +
basal +
abundant +
single +
bisexual +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
absent +
basal +
absent +
fused +
flattened +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
stramineous;medium brown or red brown or blackish brown +
Taxon +
1997 +
creeping +
absent +
caudex-like +
adventitious +
fibrous +
empty +
arranged +
evident +
4;500 +
fertile +
2-keeled +
incomplete +
transverse +
cylindric +
single +
terete +
0mm;7mm +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
3-fid +
Eleocharis (sect. Eleocharis) ser. Albidae +
Eleocharis sect. Eleocharis +
series +
free +
thin +
absent +
distinct +
stoloniferous +
perennial +
proliferating +
5;100 +