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Dulichium Pers.

Dulichium (en), Duliche (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae

Characteristics

Spikelets crowded in rather short, axillary spikes of mostly 7–10, distichous on the rachis; scales distichous, each subtending a perfect fl, their margins hyaline and decurrent on the eventually disarticulating rachilla as a hyaline wing; bristles 6–9, retrorsely barbed, exceeding the achene; stamens 3; style bifid; achene flattened, linear-oblong; tall, rhizomatous perennial sedges with subterete, hollow, jointed, leafy stems, numerous short blades and numerous short-peduncled spikes solitary in the upper axils. Monotypic.
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Herbs, perennial, cespitose or not, rhizomatous. Culms terete. Leaves cauline; ligules present; proximal leaves bladeless, distal with well-developed blades, flat. Inflorescences axillary, spicate, with 3–10 spikelets per spike; primary bracts leaflike, each subtending spike. Spikelets: scales 4–8, distichously arranged, each subtending flower. Flowers bisexual; perianth of 6–9 retrorsely barbed bristles, slightly longer than achene; stamens 3; styles 2-fid, base persistent, linear. Achenes biconvex. x = 16.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Dulichium world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13723-1
WFO ID wfo-4000012726
COL ID 8VX5N
BDTFX ID 86346
INPN ID 606886
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Synonyms

Dulichium

Lower taxons

Dulichium arundinaceum
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