Lipocarpha
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Cyperaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Genus Description - Scales spirally imbricate, ± scarious; fls perfect, each in the axil of a scale and also subtended by an additional pair of hyaline scales, one adaxial and persistent on the rachilla, the other abaxial and deciduous with the achene; stamens 1 or 2; style bifid or trifid; achene subtrigonous or lenticular; infl a terminal head of 3–several spikelets subtended by 2 or 3 foliaceous bracts. ± 12, mainly trop.