Eleocharis

• Authority

  Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.

• Family

  Cyperaceae

• Scientific Name

  Eleocharis

• Description

  Genus Description - Annuals or perennials, usually in wet soil. Stems unbranched. Leaves reduced to bladeless sheaths surrounding bases of culms. Inflorescences solitary terminal spikelets without involucral bracts; spikelet simple, ovoid, of spirally arranged (rarely distichous) scales, each (except for basal 1-3) subtending a flower. Flowers bisexual; perianth reduced to bristles or absent; stamens 1-3; style with persistent tubercle, the stigmas 2 or 3. Achenes lenticular or trigonous.