Lipocarpha
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Lipocarpha is a genus of sedges
known as halfchaff sedges. There are approximately 35 species and representatives can be found throughout the tropical and warmer temperate areas of the world. These mostly are erect annual herbs (some perennials are known) growing 1 to 30 centimeters tall. The inflorescence
consists of one to few spikes each containing many spirally arranged spikelets. The flower is entangled with two hyalin scales, a spikelet prophyll and a glume. These flower stands in the axil of a spikelet-bract.
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group...
known as halfchaff sedges. There are approximately 35 species and representatives can be found throughout the tropical and warmer temperate areas of the world. These mostly are erect annual herbs (some perennials are known) growing 1 to 30 centimeters tall. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
consists of one to few spikes each containing many spirally arranged spikelets. The flower is entangled with two hyalin scales, a spikelet prophyll and a glume. These flower stands in the axil of a spikelet-bract.
Species include:
- Lipocarpha abietina
- Lipocarpha albiceps
- Lipocarpha aristulata
- Lipocarpha atra
- Lipocarpha barteri
- Lipocarpha chinensis
- Lipocarpha comosa
- Lipocarpha constricta
- Lipocarpha crassicuspis
- Lipocarpha drummondii
- Lipocarpha echinus
- Lipocarpha filiformis
- Lipocarpha hemisphaerica
- Lipocarpha humboldtiana
- Lipocarpha kernii
- Lipocarpha leucaspis
- Lipocarpha maculata
- Lipocarpha mexicana
- Lipocarpha micrantha
- Lipocarpha microcephala
- Lipocarpha monostachya
- Lipocarpha nana
- Lipocarpha occidentalis
- Lipocarpha perspicua
- Lipocarpha prieuriana
- Lipocarpha pygmaea
- Lipocarpha raynaliana
- Lipocarpha reddyi
- Lipocarpha rehmannii
- Lipocarpha robinsonii
- Lipocarpha salzmanniana
- Lipocarpha schomburgkii
- Lipocarpha sphacelata
- Lipocarpha squarrosa
- Lipocarpha thermalis