Trichophorum Persoon (Q3432)

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Trichophorum is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Trichophoreae
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Trichophorum Persoon
Trichophorum is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Trichophoreae

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    taxon/id/Trichophorum Persoon
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    Trichophorum Persoon
    Trichophorum
    Persoon
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    clubrush (English)
    leafless-bulrush (English)
    Club-rush (English)
    trichophore (English)
    Circumpolar to circumboreal
    North America
    Andean and tropical Southeast Asian mountains
    Herbs, perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous or not.
    Culms trigonous or terete.
    Leaves basal or subbasal;
    sheaths bladeless or distal sheaths with blade to 5 mm, not fibrous;
    blades obsolete or elongate, linear, less than 1 cm × 1 mm.
    Inflorescences terminal;
    involucral-bracts 1, suberect, scalelike, apex mucronate or awned.
    Spikelets: scales 3–9, spirally arranged, each subtending flower.
    Flowers bisexual;
    perianth of 0–6 bristles, straight, shorter than to about 20 times as long as achene, smooth or scabrous;
    styles linear, 3-fid, base persistent.
    Achenes trigonous or planoconvex.