(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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SCIRPUS L.
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Sp. Pl. 47. 1753.
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Description
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Annuals or perennials, the culms leafy below, or the leaves often reduced to sheaths; flowers perfect, the spikelets terete or slightly compressed; scales spirally imbricate; perianth of 1-6 bristles, or lacking; stamens 2-3; style 2- to 3-cleft, frequently deciduous; achene triangular or lenticular.
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Distribution
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About 200 species, widely distributed, chiefly in temperate regions.
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