Glabrous herbs, generally occurring in wet places. Leaves flat or cylindric, sometimes septate. Inflorescence compound, paniculate, bracteate; bracteoles sometimes present immediately below and clasping the flower. Perianth segments free, ovate or lanceolate, entire, persistent. Worldwide: c.300 species, more or less cosmopolitan but rare in the tropics DRC: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| dregeanus Kunth subsp. bachitii (Steud.) Hedberg | ||
| effusus L. [Agg] | ||
| inflexus L. subsp. inflexus L. | ||
| oxycarpus E. Mey. ex Kunth | Description, Image | |
| rigidus Desf. | Image |