View source for Eleocharis (sect. Eleocharis) ser. Rostellatae

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|accepted_name=Eleocharis (sect. Eleocharis) ser. Rostellatae
|accepted_authority=S. González & P. M. Peterson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Taxon
|place=46: 440. 1997
|year=1997
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|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Eleocharis;Eleocharis sect. Eleocharis;Eleocharis (sect. Eleocharis) ser. Rostellatae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eleocharis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Eleocharis sect. Eleocharis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Eleocharis (sect. Eleocharis) ser. Rostellatae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, stoloniferous, with some culms arching or decumbent and rooting at tips. <b>Rhizomes</b> caudexlike, concealed by crowded culms, ascending or partly horizontal, very short, 3 mm thick, internodes crowded. <b>Culms</b> compressed, 0.3–2 mm thick. <b>Leaves</b>: distal leaf sheaths persistent, papery, apex obtuse to subacute, tooth absent. <b>Spikelets</b> terete, basal spikelets absent; floral scales spiraled, membranous to cartilaginous; styles 3-fid, or 3-fid and 2-fid. <b>Achenes</b> medium to dark brown, beak paler, plano-convex to trigonous or biconvex, usually distally narrowed into a distinct beak, rugulose at 10X or smooth or finely reticulate at 10–30X. <b>Tubercles</b> usually obscure or absent, often merging with achene apex in color, texture, and form.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Eleocharis (sect. Eleocharis) ser. Rostellatae
|author=
|authority=S. González & P. M. Peterson
|rank=series
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Taxon
|publication year=1997
|special status=
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|genus=Eleocharis
|section=Eleocharis sect. Eleocharis
|series=Eleocharis (sect. Eleocharis) ser. Rostellatae
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