View source for Eleocharis sect. Eleogenus

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|accepted_name=Eleocharis sect. Eleogenus
|accepted_authority=(Nees) Bentham in G. Bentham and J. D. Hooker
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|title=in G. Bentham and J. D. Hooker, Gen. Pl.
|place=3: 1047. 1883
|year=1883
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|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Eleocharis;Eleocharis sect. Eleogenus
|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. Eleogenus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial, never stoloniferous, sometimes with creeping rhizomes 0.5–1 mm thick, tubers absent. <b>Culms</b> terete, to 90 cm × 2 mm. <b>Leaves</b>: distal leaf sheaths usually persistent, thinly membranous to papery. <b>Spikelets</b> terete, to 13 × 4 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: styles 2-fid or with to ca. 1/2 3-fid. <b>Achenes</b> biconvex or rarely to ca. 1/2 trigonous; angles keeled (costate), at least distally. <b>Tubercles</b> distinct from achene apex in color, texture, and form.</span><!--

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|distribution=Worldwide;primarily New World temperate regions.
|discussion=<p>Species 18 (9 in the flora).</p>
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|authority=(Nees) Bentham in G. Bentham and J. D. Hooker
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|family=Cyperaceae
|distribution=Worldwide;primarily New World temperate regions.
|reference=None
|publication title=in G. Bentham and J. D. Hooker, Gen. Pl.
|publication year=1883
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|genus=Eleocharis
|section=Eleocharis sect. Eleogenus
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