ERIOCAULACEAE
Morphological description
Herbs; usually perennial and stemless.
Leaves
Leaves simple, linear, crowded
Inflorescence
Flower heads usually grey.
Flowers
Flower unisexual, in compact heads; corolla tubular; ovary superior, 2- or 3-locular, 1 ovule per cell.
Fruit
Fruit a capsule.
Seed
Seed.
Different from: Xyridaceae: flowers bisexual, flower heads usually yellow.
Distribution: The family worldwide. In Malesia only Eriocaulon, from lowland to alpines, usually in wet places.
Notes: Notes.
Literature: P. van Royen, Nova Guinea Bot. 10 (1959) 21- 44.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Eriocaulon 1, 76.
Illustrations: Fig. 77. Eriocaulon truncatum Mart. (Eriocaulaceae). Reproduced from Hsuan Keng, Orders and Families of Malayan Seed plants (1978) fig. 185. With kind permission of Prof. and Mrs. Keng.
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