Citation: L. Johnson & Cutler, Kew Bull. 28:383 (1974).

Derivation: Greek empodisma, tanglefoot; reference to the habit.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial, dioecious, rarely monoecious.

Male spikelets several together, rarely solitary, 1- or several-flowered; female spikelets solitary, l-flowered; male flower with 6 glume-like or membranous perianth-segments; stamens 3; anthers 1-locular; female flowers with 6 or 4 perianth-segments; staminodes 3 or 0; ovary 1-celled; style branches 2 or 3.

Fruit a small nut.

Distribution:  2 species in Australia and New Zealand.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available