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|accepted_name=Dulichium
|accepted_authority=Persoon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Pl.
|place=1: 65. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|common_names=Duliche
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Dulichium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dulichium]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin dulichium, a kind of sedge
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 6, 199
|treatment_page=page 198
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose or not, rhizomatous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="culm shape"><b>Culms </b>terete.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="ligule presence">ligules present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="proximal leaf architecture;distal leaf prominence or shape;blade development">proximal leaves bladeless, distal with well-developed blades, flat.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;spikelet quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, spicate, with 3–10 spikelets per spike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="primary bract architecture or shape">primary bracts leaflike, each subtending spike.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="scale quantity;scale arrangement"><b>Spikelets:</b> scales 4–8, distichously arranged, each subtending flower.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="perianth length or size;bristle quantity;bristle architecture or shape">perianth of 6–9 retrorsely barbed bristles, slightly longer than achene;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style shape;base duration;base arrangement or course or shape">styles 2-fid, base persistent, linear.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties=""><b>Achenes </b>biconvex.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="achene shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 16.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
|tables=
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name=Dulichium
|author=Joy Mastrogiuseppe
|authority=Persoon
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=North America
|reference=None
|publication title=Syn. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=
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|genus=Dulichium
|achene shape=biconvex
|base arrangement or course or shape=linear
|base duration=persistent
|blade development=well-developed
|bristle architecture or shape=barbed
|bristle quantity=6;9
|culm shape=terete
|distal leaf prominence or shape=flat
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|inflorescence architecture=spicate
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf position=cauline
|ligule presence=absent
|perianth length or size=slightly longer
|primary bract architecture or shape=leaflike
|proximal leaf architecture=bladeless
|scale arrangement=arranged
|scale quantity=4;8
|spikelet quantity=3;10
|stamen quantity=3
|style shape=2-fid
|whole_organism architecture=rhizomatous
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb;not;cespitose
|x chromosome quantity=16
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