Eleocharis sect. Parvulae T. V. Egorova in An. A. Fedorov (Q3320)

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Eleocharis sect. Parvulae is a taxon with the rank section within the subgenus Eleocharis subg. Eleocharis
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Eleocharis sect. Parvulae T. V. Egorova in An. A. Fedorov
Eleocharis sect. Parvulae is a taxon with the rank section within the subgenus Eleocharis subg. Eleocharis

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    taxon/id/Eleocharis sect. Parvulae T.V. Egorova
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    Eleocharis sect. Parvulae T.V. Egorova
    Eleocharis sect. Parvulae
    T.V. Egorova
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Eleocharis sect. Parvulae
    Temperate to tropical North America
    Central America
    South America
    West Indies
    Europe
    North Africa
    rhizomes creeping, 0.1–0.2 mm thick, soft, internodes to 4 cm, scales not evident, often terminating in a 2–4 mm tuber with large, acute, terminal bud, or tubers among culm bases.
    Culms terete, 2–9 cm × 0.2–0.5 mm, soft, spongy.
    Leaves: distal leaf-sheaths often disintegrating, thinly membranous, apex rounded.
    Spikelets: basal spikelets absent;
    proximal scale empty, amplexicaulous;
    floral scales membranous.
    Flowers: anthers 0.6–1.2 mm;
    styles 3-fid, rarely some 2-fid.
    Achenes trigonous, rarely some biconvex.
    Tubercles often rudimentary, often narrower than achene summit or sunken in a depression in achene, color and texture either similar to achene summit and tubercle merging with achene, or different and clearly distinct from achene.