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Electronic Flora of South Australia genus Fact Sheet

Family: Cyperaceae
Gymnoschoenus

Citation: Nees, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. set. 1, 6:47 (1841).

Derivation: Greek gymnos, naked; schoinos, a reed; alluding to the long naked stems.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Spikelets 2-flowered, the upper one fertile, in terminal heads; glumes distichous; hypogynous bristles 3.

Nut on a short thick stipe.

Distribution:  2 species both Australian.

Biology: Not Applicable

Author: Not yet available


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