Cyathochaeta
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| Cyathochaeta | |
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| Cyathochaeta diandra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Cyathochaeta Nees |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tetralepis Steud. | |
Cyathochaeta is a genus of rhizomatous perennial sedges.[2]
They have culms that are mostly noded. The leaves are mostly basal, often with one cauline and have ligule membranes. When flowering they produce a panicle-like, narrow inflorescence with distant nodes containing several spikelets at each node with a single bisexual flower.[3]
There are five known species all of which are endemic to Australia.[1]
The genus was first described in 1848 by the German botanist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck.[2]
