Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 247 ( 1810).

Derivation: Greek lepyrodes, furnished with bracts.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Stems simple.

Flowers sessile, mostly monoecious, rarely bisexual, in narrow panicles; perianth-segments 6, glume-like, with an outer often caducous bract and 2 lateral hyaline bracteoles usually shorter than the flower; bracts and bracteoles not imbricate; stamens 3, reduced to small staminodes in the female flower or absent; ovary 3-celled, 3-angled; styles 3, free.

Capsule opening loculicidally at the obtuse salient angles; male and female inflorescences not arranged in spikelets.

Distribution:  About 20 species confined to Australia.

Biology: No text

Key to Species:

1. Flowers in clusters, stems rather rigid	L. muelleri 1.
1. Flowers solitary or in pairs along the panicle-branches, stems flexible	L. valliculae 2.

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