View source for Oxycaryum ← Oxycaryum You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Oxycaryum |accepted_authority=Nees in C. F. P. von Martius et al. |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in C. F. P. von Martius et al., Fl. Brasil. |place=2(1): 90. 1842 |year=1842 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Oxycaryum |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oxycaryum]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek oxys, sharp, and carya, nut |volume=Volume 23 |mention_page=page 8 |treatment_page=page 140 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, not cespitose, stoloniferous, aquatic. <b>Culms</b> solitary, trigonous. <b>Leaves</b> basal; ligules present, ciliate; blades flat to V-shaped in cross section, prominently keeled on abaxial surface. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, umbellate heads or capitate; involucral bracts 1–6+, spreading, leaflike. <b>Spikelets</b>: scales 5–10+, 3-ranked, spirally arranged, each subtending flower. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; perianth absent; stamens 3; styles 2-fid, linear, base persistent. <b>Achenes</b> plano-convex, margins and apex corky.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical and subtropical America and Africa. |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=lye1971b |text=Lye, K. A. 1971c. Studies in African Cyperaceae: 2. The genus Oxycaryum Nees. Bot. Not. 124: 281–286. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Oxycaryum |author=Jeremy J. Bruhl |authority=Nees in C. F. P. von Martius et al. |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cyperaceae |illustrator=Amanda Humphrey |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Tropical and subtropical America and Africa. |reference=lye1971b |publication title=in C. F. P. von Martius et al., Fl. Brasil. |publication year=1842 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_223.xml |genus=Oxycaryum }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cyperaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cyperaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Oxycaryum.