SPARGANIACEAE
NB Synonym of Typhaceae
Morphological description
Aquatic, monoecious herbs, forming stolons.
Leaves
Leaves linear, distichous, sheathing at base.
Inflorescence
Inflorescence: flowers crowded in globose heads.
Flowers
Flowers usually tepals and stamens 3; ovary 1, superior, 1-locular.
Fruit
Fruit.
Seed
Seed.
Different from: Araceae (Acorus): leaves not distichous, inflorescence covered by a spatha. .
Distribution: The only genus of the family, Sparganium, is widespread in the north- ern hemisphere, one species in Malesia, very patchily distributed.
Notes: notes.
Literature: C.A. Backer, Fl. Males. I, 4 (1951) 233-234.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Sparganium 76.
Illustrations: Fig. 166. Sparganium simplex Huds. (Sparganiaceae). Reproduced from Flora Malesiana I, 4 (1951) 233, fig. 1.
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