帚灯草科

Habit: herb

Taxon group: monocots

Stem: rhizome, quadrangular

Plant: monoecious, dioecious

Leaf: position: alternate

Leaf: other characters: with leaf sheath

Flowers: inflorescence: panicle

Flowers: sexuality: bisexual, unisexual

Flowers: perianth number: 0, 3, 4, 5, 6

Flower: bract: present

Stamen: number: 3

Stamen: arrangement: antepetalous

Stamen: anthers: introrse, opening by longitudinal slits, 1-celled at anthesis, 2-celled

Pistil: style: styles more than 1, style 1, or styles more or less connate

Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed, 2-loculed, 3-loculed

Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule

Ovary: position: superior

Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.), a nut (incl. achene, caryopsis, schizocarp, pyrene, etc.)

Seed: endosperm: seeds with endosperm

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Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link