HELEOCHARIS T. Lestib.
WEBSTERIA S.H.Wright
Browning, J. et al. (2020) Cyperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 14 198-199
Mofao, C. & Reynders, M. (2025) Cyperaceae Tribu XI. Eleochariteae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique
Annual or perennial, glabrous herbs. Stolons often present in perennials. Culms ranging from 1-2 cm to 150 cm, green, terete, angular or triangular, hollow or filled with pith, smooth or ridged, rarely with transverse septa (E. dulcis). Sheaths pale, tubular, truncate above or ending in a short lobe. Leaves 0. Inflorescence a single terminal spikelet. Lowest 1-2 glumes similar to or different from upper. Glumes spirally arranged, usually numerous; margin often transparent. Perianth segments 3-9 glabrous or barbellate bristles or 0. Stamens 1-3. Nutlet with the style base persistent as an appendage (the style base excluded in all nutlet measurements). Worldwide: c. 300 species, cosmopolitan. DRC: 15 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| acutangula (Roxb.) Schult. | IV,VI,VII,XI | Description, Image |
| atropurpurea (Retz.) C. Presl | XI | Description, Image |
| brainii Svenson | XI | |
| caduca (Delile) Schult. | XI | Image |
| complanata Boeckeler | ? | |
| confervoides (Poir.) Steud. | III,IV,VI,VIII,XI | Image |
| dulcis (Burm.f.) Hensch. | V,VI,XI | Image |
| geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. | I,VII,XI | |
| minima Kunth | IV | |
| minuta Boeckeler | VI | |
| mutata (L.) Roem. & Schult. | I,XI | |
| naumanniana Boeckeler var. naumanniana | III,IV,XI | Image |
| retroflexa (Poir.) Urb. | III,VI,XI | |
| setifolia (A.Rich.) J.Raynal subsp. schweinfurthiana (Boeckeler) D.A.Simpson | XI | |
| variegata (Poir.) C. Presl | III,IV,V,VI,VII,IX,XI | Description, Image |