View source for Oxycaryum ← Oxycaryum You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Oxycaryum |accepted_authority=Nees in C. F. P. von Martius et al. |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in C. F. P. von Martius et al., Fl. Brasil. |place=2(1): 90. 1842 |year=1842 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Oxycaryum |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oxycaryum]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek oxys, sharp, and carya, nut |volume=Volume 23 |mention_page=page 8 |treatment_page=page 140 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, not cespitose, stoloniferous, aquatic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="culm architecture or arrangement or growth form;culm shape"><b>Culms </b>solitary, trigonous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="ligule presence;ligule architecture or pubescence or shape">ligules present, ciliate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape">blades flat to V-shaped in cross-section, prominently keeled on abaxial surface.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;head architecture;head architecture or shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, umbellate heads or capitate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="involucral-bract quantity;involucral-bract orientation;involucral-bract architecture or shape">involucral-bracts 1–6+, spreading, leaflike.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="scale quantity;scale arrangement;scale arrangement"><b>Spikelets:</b> scales 5–10+, 3-ranked, spirally 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 presence">perianth absent;</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;style arrangement or course or shape;base duration">styles 2-fid, linear, base persistent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="achene pubescence or texture;margin shape;margin pubescence or texture;apex shape;apex pubescence or texture"><b>Achenes </b>planoconvex, margins and apex corky.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical and subtropical America and Africa |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Oxycaryum |author=Jeremy J. Bruhl |authority=Nees in C. F. P. von Martius et al. |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cyperaceae |illustrator=Amanda Humphrey |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Tropical and subtropical America and Africa |reference=None |publication title=in C. F. P. von Martius et al., Fl. Brasil. |publication year=1842 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V23/V23_223.xml |genus=Oxycaryum |achene pubescence or texture=corky |apex pubescence or texture=corky |apex shape=planoconvex |base duration=persistent |blade shape=keeled;flat;v-shaped |culm architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |culm shape=trigonous |flower reproduction=bisexual |head architecture=umbellate |head architecture or shape=capitate |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |involucral-bract architecture or shape=leaflike |involucral-bract orientation=spreading |involucral-bract quantity=1;6 |leaf position=basal |ligule architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate |ligule presence=absent |margin pubescence or texture=corky |margin shape=planoconvex |perianth presence=absent |scale arrangement=arranged;3-ranked |scale quantity=5;10 |stamen quantity=3 |style arrangement or course or shape=linear |style shape=2-fid |whole_organism architecture=stoloniferous |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb;not cespitose |whole_organism growth form or habitat=aquatic }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cyperaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cyperaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Oxycaryum.