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(Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
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Genus
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CLADIUM P. Br.
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Civ. & Nat. Hist. Jam. 114. 1756.
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Synonym
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Mariscus Zinn, Cat. Hort. Goett. 79. 1757.
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Description
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Leafy perennials with habit of Rynchospora, the panicles elongate to diffuse; spikelets terete, with many scales; middle scales frequently subtending staminate flowers, only the uppermost flower fertile; achene terete, spongy, the surface smooth or ridged, not capped by a tubercle; stamens 2 or 3; style 2- to 3-cleft.
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Distribution
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About 40 species chiefly in the Old World Tropics.
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